Electric cars

On the front lines of the EV revolution

Under the bright lights of a production line, a shiny black Dodge Charger Daytona sits plugged into a charger. Then one worker unplugs the car while another in a neon vest drives it away. The loudest noise it makes is the squeak of rubber tires on the factory floor.

Millions of vehicles have rolled out of the Stellantis assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., during its 96-year history, but this car is different. It’s electric, and it marks the beginning of a new era for these workers, the city, the province, the country, the Canadian auto industry and, if all goes according to plan, our climate goals.

“It feels historic. It really does. You can feel that energy with everybody on my team, and the people we’re working with,” said Audrey Moore, chief engineer responsible for the launch of the new Charger.

Getting to this moment – the first mass-produced electric passenger car made in Canada – is the culmination of years, arguably decades, of work by governments, unions, auto workers, suppliers and car company executives, not to mention tens of billions of dollars in government subsidies for companies all along the EV supply chain.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Electric cars

Electric vehicles and the evacuation of Florida

Electric vehicles and hurricanes: the nightmare scenario is a mandated evacuation.

It is fortunate that as of the current moment, electric vehicles constitute only about 100,000, out of nearly 8 million vehicles registered to drive on Florida’s roads. What if they all were electric, the (impractical) dream dream of greenies?

Depending on how heavily loaded they were, even assuming everyone had a full battery charge, cars from southern Florida would start running out of juice after 100 – 250 miles. They would then have to spend hours at recharging stations, which would rapidly be clogged with other cars and trucks ….

Those cars that ran out of juice on the highway would block traffic. Even assuming that emergency service vehicles could get to them (unlikely if the entire fleet were electric cars), towing a portable generator (powered by fossil fuels, of course) …

In all likelihood, the highways would become vast parking lots, trapping their passengers wherever they happened to be stalled, waiting for the storm and flood waters to reach them, unable to get to safety.

h/t Tom_Billesley

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by Black Mamba••0•Posted inElectric cars, Florida

We tested Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and it was scary

We tested Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, and it was a scary experience.

FSD Beta enables Tesla vehicles to drive autonomously to a destination entered in the car’s navigation system, but the driver needs to remain vigilant and ready to take control at all times.

Since the responsibility lies with the driver and not Tesla’s system, it is still considered a level two driver-assist system despite its name. Tesla is basically using its customer fleet to test the capabilities and gather data to improve toward its goal of eventually making the system truly self-driving and taking responsibility for it.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inElectric cars

Shifting to EVs is not enough. The deeper problem is our car dependence

With gas prices soaring above $2 a litre for the first time in May and Atlantic Canada’s record temperatures serving as yet another reminder that the world is rapidly warming, it’s clear that we desperately need to rethink our transport system. But is the government placing too much focus on electric vehicles instead of encouraging more people to ditch their cars altogether?

This was the plan all along, the EVs were a red herring and obviously would not be viable with the ongoing destruction of the energy sector.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"The Great Reset", Authoritarianism, Electric cars

‘Life On Earth Is At Stake’: CNN Correspondent Suggests Biden Use Military To Produce Electric Vehicles

CNN correspondent Bill Weir suggested that the Biden administration mobilize the military to produce electric vehicles and claimed “life on Earth was at stake” due to climate change on CNN Tuesday.

Weir expressed frustration that the filibuster was preventing Congress from passing legislation and that President Joe Biden was limited in his ability to tackle climate change during his appearance on CNN. He suggested the nationalization of industries as one method to mitigate the issue.

Electric cars are a ruse. We don’t have the electricity or the infrastructure, plus the batteries are hugely problematic for fires, replacement, disposal, and contamination. 

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inElectric cars, Fearmongering, MSM bias to the left, MSM Lies, MSM Shitweasels

Can Canada really ban gas cars by 2030?

Canada’s federal government has announced it will ban the sale of Internal Combustion Engine vehicles beginning in 2030. That’s less than eight years from today. What if they do?

Canadians bought 1.5 million new motor vehicles in 2020. It was a down year during the pandemic. Who’s going to make 1.5 million new Electric Vehicles for sale in Canada in 2030? Who’s going to buy them? Those are market-making questions.

A far more important question is how are they going to power these EVs?

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Electric cars

The clowns running Washington State are seriously gonna ban most new gas cars. Jordan Peterson says they are “enemies of freedom.”

SB 5974 — a piece of legislation recently signed by Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) — establishes a target that “all publicly owned and privately owned passenger and light duty vehicles of model year 2030 or later that are sold, purchased, or registered in Washington state be electric vehicles.” An “interagency electric vehicle coordinating council” created by the new law is directed to “complete a scoping plan for achieving the 2030 target.”

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Eco-Luddites, Electric cars

Canada will ban sales of combustion engine passenger cars by 2035

Canada is joining the ranks of countries and states planning to ban sales of combustion engine cars. Canada has outlined an Emissions Reduction Plan that will require all new passenger car sales to be zero-emissions models by 2035. The government will gradually ramp up pressure on automakers, requiring “at least” 20 percent zero-emissions sales by 2026 and 60 percent by 2030.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Eco-Luddites, Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Electric cars, Enviroloons

Democrats Don’t Want You To Know How Much Fossil Fuel It Takes To Power Electric Cars

Instead of investing in American energy, Democrats are actively suppressing the American energy industry and then telling Americans to spend their savings on overpriced electric cars to solve their problems. But the left isn’t being honest about the environmental and financial costs of those trendy electric vehicles.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inElectric cars, Energy shortages