Whether you’re an electric vehicle supporter or not, there’s no denying they’re becoming more popular, and more widely produced by the day. Almost every major automobile manufacturer has, or is coming out with, an electric vehicle. And, if not fully electric, at least partially.
Do you think the next passenger vehicle you buy will be electric? What about an RV? Hey, never say never. Those are a thing these days too, and getting more popular as we type this!
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section below the poll. Thanks! (And may we remind you, please leave politics out of your comment. Thank you.)
NO,NO,NO,nononononononononononono
Need place for hybrids. Due to distances I travel EV not currently real option, but will consider a hybrid
In theory, electric vehicles, when all the bugs are worked out, will have a great positive impact on the environment. My son has a Rivian R1S on order. He lives in a large city and will have access to all the electricity needed to charge a EV. I go too many places that don’t have good access to gas stations, much less access to electricity. I’ll probably keep my gas guzzler forever.
Where does this magic called electricity come from? It is neither “free” or cheap to the environment.
When Air Force One is totally electric and the President successfully flies to Australia, I might start looking at electric.
Read an article about lithium extraction, totally scorched earth process, doesn’t sound too green to me.
We’ll have another Prius hybrid. Makes more sense for us 50-60 mpg, no worry about finding a charging station. We are on our 2nd one since 2009. It’s perfect for us
I already know it will. I have a Ford mavrick pick up on order. (Ordered late lat year, but that’s another story). I went with the hybrid model. Not because it’s electric, but because it’s front wheel drive. That means I can use a tow dolly behind my class c. The wife likes how it sits higher than a car, and I like the small bed for hauling stuff.
Exactly why I will buy one. Ford needs to step up their game.
No, but I have a F150 hybrid pickup and my wife just bought a Kia Sportage hybrid SUV.
The place for batteries is in power tools not cars or trucks.
Remember when battery operated power tools first came out? I wouldn’t have one then. Short run time and not as powerful as corded. Technology came along and whalaa !
We waited for the Chevy Bolts to come off lease. Got a 2017 in 2020 ($17k). Got the free battery replacement a few months ago – basically a new car. It is great for up to 225 mile round trips on a single charge and covers 90% of our driving. The Bolt can’t compete with Tesla/Audi/BMW for range and rapid recharge times, but we roll the F-150 for longer trips and towing/hauling.
You should re-run this poll annually. It will be entertaining to watch the results completely reverse themselves over the next five or ten years, and then the question will just seem silly.
No Scott, the answers won’t be different unless these things occur.
1) The price of the Vehicle and the Charging comes down to Earth.
2) The driving distance and performance would have to change dramatically!
My guess is that you currently own one and think the rest of us should own one too!
Amen, my nephew owns a Tesla for commuting, but has ICE SUV for family trips.
1) will happen, and shortly. 2) Driving distance is a non-issue for most people, especially in a two- (or more) car world. Performance? Really? You’re kidding, right?
I don’t own one. Don’t think anybody “should.” But I’d but you the cost of one that most of us *will*, fairly shortly, and all of our objections now will seem just silly.
That is your opinion Scott and you have a right to it. However, my opinion is just the opposite! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
No, because tests show I couldn’t drive from Tennessee to my sister in Arkansas, about 360 miles.
I can’t emphasize NO strong enough. The people I know who presently own them are not happy with the cost, upkeep or performance.
The only reason EV exists is due to the subject you ask us to leave out of comments!
I would rather see a vehicle that self charges – alternators keep our vehicle batteries charged in combustion engines, so why not have a way to generate juice with the axles?
There has to be a better way than current plug in recharging and short distance driving.
Until then, I’ll stick with my 4 wheel drive Jeep and go where I want (Jerry cans are easier to carry than a battery charging station)
I’ll agree with you to an extent, what you’re advocating is a perfect machine, one that is self sustaining, it can’t happen due natural losses in regeneration. I do agree with the jerry cans.
I think hybrids are the best solution, especially for diesel trucks. Railroad companies know this already.
They’ve been widely used world-wide since 1925 at least…
Nope! Never…
Right there with you.
I’m almost 72. We keep vehicles for many years (we owned our previous truck for 17 years and have owned our current truck for 4 years and our minivan for 10 years). That said, we won’t be in the market for a new vehicle for at least 10 more years (unless one of them is stolen or totalled in a wreck).
So only if:
(1) I live long enough where that’s my only option when it’s time to replace our truck or minivan.
(2) I have no choice because petroleum-powered vehicles are all (new and used) outlawed.
I’ve reserved an Altera that I will use for short trips within its 400-mile range, and have a Sondors Metacycle for even shorter in-town trips, but will also keep my Ford F-250 to haul my fiver. I suspect we’ll have a mix of gas/diesel and hybrid/electric vehicles for many years, with hybrid/electric soon becoming the predominant type.
I would never say never, but the US does not have the infrastructure in place to support everyone having an EV. It would be like us looking for campsites on our travels except people would be looking for charging stations down the road on theirs. There just aren’t enough of them outside of large cities…and even then.
I said the same thing when my neighbor got his first car and got rid of his horse, but then gas stations popped up everywhere and ……… ..
Nothing like a 29.1% coal fired car! This is the percentage of electrical generation in the USA according to USA Energy Information Administration.
I like Elon Musk, but he has fooled entire countries into believing electric cars are “green”. They most certainly are not!
Until coal is eliminated as an energy source around the world, electric car owner need to stop being sanctimonious about their choices.
Unfortunately the only way forward for the planet is reduce the world’s population which just ticked over 8 billion people today. Unsustainable moving forward; resources, food production, climate change, etc.
I have no solutions, and do not claim any in this comment. I am just pointing out that the world has many problems, mostly due to excessive human population.
Shall we start a lottery system to determine who and how many are killed off each day to sustain a viable world population? That’s what wars are for, population control, except it’s mostly the males that are killed.
Ah, you must have seen the movie “Logan’s Run”!
I liked “Soilent Green”
Perfect movie of the future of mankind.
Absolutely not. I can justify spending that kind of money and in the end have nothing. The cost of batteries alone stops me from the purchase as well as no trade in value. And we are not eliminating climate change as electricity (majority) is still using fossil fuel to produce. Nope not happening in this household.
Nope..NEVER ..
We just traded our 13 mpg Nissan Frontier for a Toyota Camry hybrid that gets 52 mpg everyday driving and 49.2 mpg at 75 mph on the interstate. Hybrids are the way to go, no stopping for long periods waiting my turn at a charging station. No plug in expense for home charging, over 600 miles of range. We are retired so we drive a lot less, we fill up about every 4-6 weeks depending on how much DW shops. 13.9 gal. tank. Anyone want to buy a 23’ trailer?
While the technology for electric vehicles continues to evolve the support systems to keep them running is NOT evolving anywhere near fast enough to support electric vehicles at anytime in the near future.
“I” believe the HYBRID model of a combination of that dreaded fossil fuel gasoline engine and electric drive technology is the only viable option in the next 10 years. As such the total electric vehicle will be limited to a small segment of the automotive industry which goes against most conventional thinking.
Having said that I believe that 95% of our population could drive an electric vehicle everyday NOW with no concerns about how far they can drive as the current battery technology of 300 miles or greater is far more than most commuters daily drive. It’s all about the psychology between the ears keeping people away from electric vehicles.
It’s the CHARGING aspect that will continue to limit the capabilities of electric vehicles far into the future!
No. 1. Because they are not zero emission, 2. Environmentally horrible digging upwards of 300,000 tons to produce the battery for 1 ev. 3. They are too expensive. 4. No current infrastructure. 5. Fossil fuel is here for the next 100 years at least, cheap, plentiful, and used to make sooo may products. I plan on keeping my GMG Yukon XL 4 x 4 for many years.
“5. Fossil fuel is here for the next 100 years at least, cheap, plentiful, and used to make sooo may products.” I don’t plan on having an EV, but something has to happen. In one lifetime (my grandmother lived to 100). By then (100 years) our kids will be out of transportation and out of plastics. We have to start somewhere. 100 years is not that far off. It is time to experiment now.
EVs are simply a fad based upon a misguided press. #1, EVs pollute more than ICE cars as the electricity which is used to charge their batteries is generated by coal, gas and nuclear power (if any are still around). #2, since 1906 and earlier, the temperatures in the US have been declining and will continue to decline. #3, CO2 does not cause global warming. As the amount of CO2 has increased over the years, temperatures have gone down not up. #4, the percentage of scientists who “agree” with global warming is not 95%. It’s actually closer to 30%. The scientists also make their living by lying about world temperatures. #5, the original algorithm from East Anglia University in England upon which all global warming is based was “fudged.” They changed numbers until they got the result they wanted. The University has admitted its complicity in these lies. #6, farm production has actually gone up as CO2 has increased. CO2 is not harmful to humans t expel it when we breathe, plants ingest it.
FYI, hydrogen powered cars and trucks make much more sense than battery/electric. They don’t pollute, and their only emission is H20, water. Too bad our generous government gave no money for hydrogen car research in the recent “Inflation Reduction Act.” $100’s of Billions went for EV research. And none to Tesla for some reason. Does anyone remember Solyndra; the $500 Million scam funded by the Obama administration?
Well researched and well said, Roger!
Drank the kool-aid I see…
Agree!
I find it very amusing reading the responses. Let run through a bit of what I remember from my lifetime.
*I’ll never go on an airplane, their not safe, I’ll drive.
*Air conditioning. Why? Open the windows, you got screens.
*TV. Waste of money. Why you can’t see anything for all the snow. And there’s only one station.
*Color TV. No way am I paying that much. Most of the shows are black and white anyway.
*Computers. Never catch on. What do you need a computer for? Besides they cost too much.
*What’s wrong with the lights bulbs we got. Who want one of those pigtail looking things. Electric is cheap anyway.
*What’s a hybrid. Stupid my gas car is fine.
*Electric cars, HaHa, not in my lifetime.
Anyone see a trend here? I could go on and on. It’s called evolution I believe. Anyone heard of that?
Yes!
Interesting how you purposely missed every point mentioned and instead created a beautiful mix of illogical analogies to express your past decisions.
The common thread I see in all your examples is, they really did not become popular until they improved and got more reliable. The same will happen with EV eventually, but we are not there yet. I know several EV owners that cannot wait till they get bigger, have better range, are more reliable, easier to charge. The non EV owners are waiting for the same, they just choose to continue to enjoy their gas/diesel vehicles that fit their needs better now.
Gary, all of your items listed were never “Mandated/Forced” by the NWO Elitists. Let that sink in, respectfully…
No intention for a new vehicle.
I’ll buy a horse before I buy a EV. A lot cheaper and I don’t have to wait 12 hours for it to recharge the battery
Yep, I agree, but you only get 40 to 50 miles a day and then you do have to let it recharge 10 to 12 hours a night.
I have owned a electric car for 2 years now. Purchased it used, was 2 years old, not very much money. Works great for running around town. All the money I save buying gasoline I can spend on diesel for the motor home!
What is the cost of the replacement battery? A very important issue with totally electric cars.
We are looking at a new vehicle in the near future. Unfortunate manufactures went direct to electric, bypassing hybrids. We are pretty sure if the vehicles we are interested in were hybrid we would be seriously looking at a purchase.
I absolutely will own an EV to use for my daily drives and continue to drive my ICE pickup for towing, etc, and my manual transmission sports car for fun. I’m just not an early adopter because of many of the reasons stated by others: range, charging time and infrastructure. All of those will greatly improve in short order, they already have over the past few years. So I figure in 2-4 years I’ll buy one. Makes complete sense. After all, how many gas stations were around when the horseless carriage debuted? Embrace the future folks.
Definitely, YES!
Jeep is working on a flat-towable Plug-in Electric Hybrid, and when It comes time to part with my 2008 Liberty I’ll be looking to get something along those lines. I could even go for a Patriot type commuter car, as long as I could flat tow it.
Maybe a hybrid. The technology is not yet there to have a vehicle travel over 500 miles reliably (and add cold winter weather to the equation) at this time. I do keep studying it and it is coming along slowly though!
You are missing a category. Undecided. So that’s my choice.
They are also missing He** No.
Looking to get the Ford Maverick, when and if. Hybrid is flat towable. It will replace both my pick-up and my current towed. Still has usable storage and great gas mileage.
I voted no but if they where affordable, then yes, I’d love one. My daily commute is say 25 miles. Only occasionally would i put on 60 miles. I’m not paying in excess of $70k for a car.
Not too long ago RV Travel had an article or survey of the average age of RV buyers … Corresponds directly with today’s question.
Us naysayers to electric will soon quit RVing (or anything else) due to intransigent thought and, well, dying off.
Too soon for me but not the early adopters. Until the cradle-to-grave pollution potentials for lithium and its sources for charging are addressed, I’ll stick with the internal combustion engine. And even then, I will likely go hybrid. Having dual sources of power seems to be a better fit for the storms ahead.
not a snowball’s chance.
AGREE 100%. Technology has not arrived yet for a useful everyday vehicle. Long ways to go.
Like you, I have learned to never say never, but there are just too many traditionally powered vehicles out there that I still want to own before I will switch to electric. I guess if the greenies get the price of gas up over ten dollars a gallon, I might have to rethink my position.
Even if gas prices soar, the more EVs on the road will cause electric rates to soar, then it’s a double whammy, your home energy costs also. It’s already started
Can an electric vehicle be flat-towed? If so, then my “probably not” answer holds. We expect to not replace our Grand Cherokee, but if we ever do, then it will only be with something that can be flat-towed.
For me it would depend upon what I am looking for. If I am looking for something for around town, then I’d consider an electric vehicle. However I do occasionally need to travel over 500 miles and then I want a gas or diesel vehicle. I’m not totally opposed to electric vehicles but feel they are limited by the distance they can travel and the time it takes to recharge. I am also concerned about what we’re going to do with all these bad batteries in 10 years.
All my vehicles are sun powered: the sun grows the plants, the plants die and decay eventually producing oil which is refined and burned in all my vehicles. If I buy an electric vehicle, then I will burn the oil (or gas) at some remote location allowing me to sleep better at night knowing the efficiency with which I am producing actual motion using oil is about doubled.
Very pleased to see the majority of the respondents aren’t drinking the cool aid. EVs are a threat to our freedoms and independence
Don’t worry, my new EV soon to roll out will run on 4 D cell batteries 🙂 and have ultra leather seats 🙂
We live in a very rural area. It’s about 70 miles to the closest traffic light & it’s in the next state. No charging station for over 100 miles
I would not mind getting a hybrid like the Maverick. That does not rely on infrastructure that does not yet exist.
It would have to be able to be flat-towed.
I tend to hold onto my vehicles for a long long time, if the vehicle is in good condition I have been known to rebuild an engine by myself or drop a new engine or transmission in. My oldest vehicle is 15 years old with 180,000 miles and in great shape so I suspect by the time I need to replace it my options will be very few.
The same for us and by the time electric can tow our fifth wheel we may be retired from being able to camp that way? 190,000 on my car and 14 years old and 79,000 on truck and it is 8 years old.
No! Just rent one for two weeks, actually take a trip in one, then you will know why they are still just rich man’s toys. Our son owns a Tesla S, the distance is nearly 45% less than advertised! With over 530 years of known US drillable Oil available, let’s be realistic and both generate petroleum jobs and a better, less expensive economy in America!
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I don’t believe ev are the cure all. Look into the environmental issues involved in production of these short range vehicles, not to mention what to do with spent batteries. ICE’s run cleaner now than ever based on basically being a computer. How about our electric grid, it was a big issue until the push for electric. I’m sure someday we will find a suitable replacement, however, it will take time. We have resources now for ICE and we can continue research but we can’t continue to force the issue that fossil fuels are evil and the world suffers. One more thing, if you plan on a hybrid, check out your available miles before jumping into one. Obviously I’m not a fan.