That’s a lot of words spent on speculating why would the owner would auction the car, including all the usual EV naysayer’s talking points, while the reserve itself seems to indicate that they wanted to make a quick buck rather than getting “rid” of it for all its EV shortcomings (tm).

Those stats usually lump in all plug in vehicles together whether they are hybrids or not. But what is surprising is the PHEVs are such a small amount of the total.

I went to a roadside farm stand out in very rural VA where I live. I think there might be 10 EVs in the entire county. The owner and his wife were very cordial when selling me some homemade jam and eggs and when I was going to leave, he sheepishly asked me about my EV. I proceeded to have a nice conversation about EV…

Red are Superchargers, Black are Destination chargers. Superchargers are for point-to-point travel, like a truck stop or highway rest area. Destination chargers are for places you’re planning to stay for at least a couple hours and are usually free. In places like Long Island where single family home ownership is…

This. Exactly. They did zero fact finding and leapt to the most cynical conclusion, which is also the least logical. Financially it makes no sense for Elon to run a mini power plant instead of buying subsidized grid juice for this once charger station.

This is a very strange article. Niedermeyer’s visit to the swap station and discovery of the diesel-powered superchargers (which were the deployable temporary type, Neidermeyer’s photo below), was nearly a decade ago. The huge trailer generator seen in the image powers just 1 x 150kW V2 cabinet= 2 V2 posts. This is…

I think I’m gonna bookmark this article and cite it in the context of “what everyone thinks they know” after Tesla gets production of the Cybertruck ramped up.

Yep, 70% of EV sales are just 9 models, all start under $45k after incentives. Trying to sell a worse EV for $5-10k more money surprisingly isn’t working out that great for many OEMs.

Yeah, try to find Chevy Bolts on dealer lots.

“This isn’t about all EVs. It’s about non-competitive EVs piling up at dealers.”

da fuk u talking about dude

I assume the problem is disputed ownership because there should be a decent secondary or surplus market for those battery packs.

These were all owned by rideshare companies that failed. It’s not a collapse of the EV market in China. In the US the batteries are already being recycled and the recycling is capable of getting 95% of the materials out. This article and the one it based off of is uninformed, unresearched FUD.

Battery size (size = cost) concerns are fair. The reason I mentioned 60 miles though is it’s the average commuting distance to and from work (longer then mine) is 40 miles a day.
This would allow a majority of people to commute fully electric (if daily driving) and just charge and work or home overnight and still have…

“and even that “ban” allows for plug-in hybrids.”

You’re expecting the average Americans to have an ability to plan ahead and save a extra $7500 to cover it in the mean time???

As it stands, the cheapest gas-powered car you can buy in America is the Nissan Versa, which can be yours for around $16,000, while the cheapest EV [Chevy Bolt EUV] is more than $10,000 more expensive.

You mean just like how legacy ICE cars calibrated the fuel gauge to appear like it has more gas than it really does? After filling up your tank, you may notice that despite driving 20 miles, the needle doesn’t move at all - then suddenly when you’ve traveled 30 miles it begins to drop a little. Car makers realize that…

Make a PHEV that the market wants.
Trucks make up the 3 top selling vehicles in the US.

If there was a PHEV truck that I could drive 60 miles before the battery depletes, I would buy it.

In times of oversupply, the customer should be able to apply a “market adjustment” in their favor - $5,000 or $10,000 below MSRP.