“EV’s – Electric Vehicles”

Trudeau’s massive spending on Volkswagens and other things won’t spur economic growth

The Trudeau government recently announced it will spend an estimated $13 billion on subsidies for Volkswagen’s Ontario battery plant and offer $700 million to help with construction, in addition to another $500 million from the Ontario government. Federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne argues that the economic value from this corporate welfare — funded by taxpayer money — will be worth it. But Trudeau’s spending spree hasn’t spurred economic growth yet, so why should we expect it to now?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Will the EV transition cost more auto jobs than it creates?

As the North American auto industry’s transition toward electric vehicles shifts into higher gear, amid a subsidy war whose long-term consequences remain unknown, there are big questions about whether the move to EVs will eliminate more jobs than it creates.

There are also questions about whether legacy automakers that have relied on boosting sales of gasoline-powered SUVs and pick-ups to generate record profits in recent years can successfully navigate the biggest disruption they have faced yet.

EV’s like wind and solar are not a practical solution, ICE vehicles should remain dominant assuming the lunatics currently at the wheel in Ottawa are ousted.

The choice of either heating your home or driving your EV is likely to be on your future personal agenda.

Assuming you can afford a home or a car and that’s doubtful given the grandiose highschool theatrics of the con artists guiding our nation.

These Toronto folks aren’t lining up to purchase one of Justin’s “Magical EV’s”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"

Ontario couple says new electric vehicle’s charge capacity ‘nowhere near’ what was advertised … Woodland elves blamed for discrepancy by manufacturer

An Ontario couple says they’ve been hit with unexpected costs after their new electric vehicle’s ability to sustain a charge is ‘nowhere near’ what was advertised.

“My wife took a job up in Barrie, Ont., and she has to commute 100 kilometers each way and we were paying over $1,000 in gas,” Jack Fleming, of Etobicoke, Ont., told CTV News Toronto Monday.

Fleming said before buying an all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge, he checked the vehicle’s range, which was advertised as 364 km on a full charge.

This is a very common introduction to EV’s for unfortunate buyers. Volvo replies with the standard set of excuses blaming a host of factors but never the technology for clients being shortchanged on advertised performance, the weather, driver habits, woodland elves etc.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"

EVs Fall Short of EPA Estimates by a Much Larger Margin Than Gas Cars in Our Real-World Highway Testing

My bet says Justin’s roll of the EV dice turns up snake eyes.

A new paper published by SAE International uses Car and Driver‘s real-world highway test data to show that electric vehicles underperform on real-world efficiency and range relative to the EPA figures by a much greater margin than internal-combustion vehicles. While the latter typically meet or exceed the EPA-estimated highway fuel economy numbers, EVs tend to fall considerably short of the range number on the window sticker. The paper, written by Car and Driver’s testing director, Dave VanderWerp, and Gregory Pannone, was presented this week at SAE International’s annual WCX conference. It points to a need for revised testing and labeling standards for EVs moving forward.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"