We'll See wrote:

Wouldn't one of the better solutions be that the vehicles themselves were somehow solar panels? Why can't the hood, roof, upper quarter panels, etc have built in seamless solar panels so they charge all day? Think about many of the vehicles that sit baking in the sun and clouds all day while people are at work. Why couldn't the vehicle capture all that solar power.

And when vehicles are move? Why couldn't they incorporate some type of attractive micro wind turbines that would capture wind energy from a vehicle moving forward?

Evolution in these areas would make vehicles more self sufficient and less reliant on charging at night or whenever parked. And it would make less reliance on the government or other third parties to provide energy to the vehicle.

I'm about to buy a new ICE vehicle but I would be very interested in buying an electric vehicle for my wife and kids. However, I think the teslas and other EVs are frickin ugly just like the Prius.

time2roll wrote:

For those that want a more traditional driving experience the Jaguar I-Pace is wonderfully appointed.
Almost 30,000 miles on mine and I absolutely love it.

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

I guess, to each his own.

When I sat on my daughter's Tesla X, I felt I am sitting on a cockpit or a launch pad of a rocket -- and everything on that screen panel pushing buttons ready to take off.

So unlike the knobs, dials and sticks of an 'ol ICE.

Way cool that the Cybertruck and their new models will come up with an F!5 fighter jet yoke instead of a steering wheel.

time2roll wrote:

No more rolling coal? So not going to miss that.

Reisender wrote:

And holy ****. You put double the mileage on it as our 3. Covid kinda took the wind out of our sails in the fall.

time2roll wrote:

28,000 in two years. I still go into work every day and have a side job on weekends in addition to general errands. We almost always take the I-Pace over DWs Equinox when running around together. Would have gone to Vegas in November but with Covid ramping up I did not want to be figuring out how to charge or hanging out during. Took the Chevy

The more you drive the more you save

Mine is Caesium Blue with standard wheels, gloss black trim (no chrome).

SPRey wrote:

Supply Demand. There are about 300 million vehicles registered in USA. Is there enough power generation capacity (supply) to meet the demand for America to recharge 300 million EVs? Or even 100 million? Or even 50 million? As of 2019 about 1.5 million EVs have been sold, with about half in California.

California is the 3rd largest electricity producer--behind Texas and Florida, and #1 in solar, geothermal and biomass) has rolling blackouts every summer because the demand for electricity exceeds production.

No electricity = no EV