My wife and I have been talking about electric vehicles. We'd love to have one but it's got to have a lot more range than they have today and be a lot cheaper. It wouldn't surprise me if the RAV4 we have now will be our last gasoline car. (Of course we usually keep a car for about 10 years so there's no need for the dealer to call us quite yet.) Still, the range would have to be over 150 miles (say 250 km). The electric grid would probably need some beefing up too if we were all recharging cars every night. Right now we'd be buying a 'coal fired' car since that's where our power originates. There is a huge solar project planned for just north of us but we put so many roadblocks in front of progress that in the two years we've lived here they haven't put up one panel. I have trouble understanding why it's so difficult but you can be sure there are a bunch of lawyers living well over the discussions. Looking at the area you'd expect to have solar everything but it's just not reasonable at this point. As an investor I know it's the next great disruptive technology but we've been looking for it to come into it's own for at least thirty years.
What I don't know is if electric trucks will ever be a force. There are plenty of people towing 5 ton loads; the truckers are towing 40 tons or even more. That's going to be a heck of a battery! But look at cell phones; they have changed!
Have a good one!
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Yes, I saw the note from the president, and zipped over and gave some. I use it quite often and don't mind supporting them.
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