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EVs: Unsuitable As Primary Transportation https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=250526

Yep -- unsuitable in most of the United States.

Sure, there are exceptions (e.g. Florida south of roughly Orlando) and
most of California. But not most of the rest of the nation.

The reason is simple: You cannot charge them when the battery is below 32F
-- that is, freezing.

The control system in the vehicle prevent it for a very good reason: If
they didn't the battery would be damaged and might catch fire down the
road, so the computer prevents that from happening.

If its reasonably below 32F then the vehicle's software can use various strategies to warm the battery up some. For example, intentionally dissipating power in the motor(s) without moving the vehicle (e.g.
opposing fields) which of course generates heat and the motor's cooling system can circulate that into the pack. Once the pack is above 32F you
can charge it.

But these strategies fail when its -10F out and worse, windy besides
because the heat is dissipated faster than you can generate it.

The Con Job Of EVs
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=250528

And here it is folks, right from the Wall Street Journal:

When carmakers test gasoline-powered vehicles for compliance with the
Transportation Department’s fuel-efficiency rules, they must use real
values measured in a laboratory. By contrast, under an Energy Department
rule, carmakers can arbitrarily multiply the efficiency of electric cars
by 6.67. This means that although a 2022 Tesla Model Y tests at the
equivalent of about 65 miles per gallon in a laboratory (roughly the
same as a hybrid), it is counted as having an absurdly high compliance
value of 430 mpg. That number has no basis in reality or law.

In other words yes, the EV produces a real world energy consumption number roughly equivalent to a hybrid, and better than an efficient modern gas-powered vehicle -- but this must be balanced by the extremely high
cost of a battery replacement if it needs one, the cost of installing a charger at your home (if you don't already have it) and the higher
up-front cost of the vehicle itself.

However, for regulatory and "credit" purposes, which are then traded for actual money, it is claimed to have 667% the efficiency it actually does.

Chicago-area Tesla owners detail winter 'disaster' https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-area-tesla-owners-detail-winter-disaster-dead-batteries-charging-station-failures

Tesla owners in the Midwest were left scrambling this week as severe temperatures prompted charging issues that left some stranded in the
bitter cold.

One Tesla charging station in the Chicago area was flooded with dead vehicles after temperatures dropped into the negative double digits.

Brandon Welbourne was left stranded in Evergreen Park for hours after he said his Tesla used more battery than it typically does to get to work in the freezing temperatures.

"Normally I can get to work and only use 40, 45% of my battery, but on Sunday, it took 65%, which meant that I had to charge...somewhere
publicly," he told Steve Doocy during "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday.

Welbourne said after checking his app, he found out all the charging stations nearby were full, so he went to one in Evergreen Park that showed an open slot to fill his battery.

"The problem was, was that five out of the 10 stalls were out of order.
The four it showed available had...vacant cars that were there, so we were all using one charger," Welbourne said.

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