From a thread at free republic
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4217385/posts
Not enough electricity generated to charge all EVs.
Grid can't handle the power delivery to chargers.
Parking garages not strong enough for EVs.
Wear out tires in 10,000 miles.
Lots more toxic tire dust across the land.
AM radios don't work.
Don't pay fuel taxes.
Can't put car fires out.
Fire Departments must buy expensive special gear to control EV fires and let them burn themselves out.
Li-ion battery fires require hundreds of times more water to extinguish than petrol fires
Vapor Cloud Explosions.
Huge toxic emissions from car and bus fires.
Spontaneously ignite.
Guardrails are too weak.
$30,000 battery change-out at 125k miles.
No used EV market because of battery replacement cost.
A scratch on your battery TOTALS your car.
Thieves steal the copper cables from chargers.
Most public chargers are always broken.
30% less range when cold outside.
30% less range when hot outside.
Won't charge at all when it gets really cold outside.
Insurance rates are sky-high because relatively minor accidents can “total” them.
There is no waste engine for the cabin, so the batteries power the heat pump heater, reducing range during cold weather.
Electric school busses are so heavy, only the largest tow trucks can move them when they break down.
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