They are already doing something quite similar. Part of the VW diesel setttlement was several billion dollars were set aside to be distributed to the various states for the purposes of building EV charging stations. (This money is separate from the Electrify America money being spent directly by VW)

Lots of apartment complexes are already doing exactly that (installing lots of chargers) so saying “Never” does seem a bit... absolute.

We have a Kia Niro EV which isn’t even one of the faster EVs on the road right now in terms of charging speed. We drove our Kia Niro EV from Austin to Orlando and back last year: Not a single issue charging. Never once did I have to “wait” for the car to finish charging. At every stop the car was charged to where I…

“Not all Tesla chargers are Superchargers.”

This statement is 100% contradictory:

This is not true.

The address your other points: The credit is not really meant to benefit the consumer by making the cars cheaper. It’s meant to reward the manufacturers by letting them charge a higher price.

“The Bolt is really the closest thing and it is something like $35k, not something within reach for a HUGE part of the US.”

While everything you’ve said is factually true: I don’t necessarily agree that this is a major “problem”

Let’s start with this:

Compression makes it harder to start initiate spinning an engine but once it starts spinning compression is no longer adding significant drag. Once you’re spinning you mostly just need to overcome pumping losses.

The vehicle was not in neutral. It was in 1st gear. This was covered by the article. Jeep requires putting the transfer case in neutral and the transmission placed in gear when flat towing.

It is a very easy mistake to make. When you pull from 4 high into neutral it takes a lot of force. Imagine having to pull a rope very hard until it breaks. That sudden release of energy makes it very easy to drop straight into 4-low.

Anyone who’s ever flat towed anything knows exactly how easy it would be to do something like this, and I’m surprised it isn’t more common to be honest.

The reason you see EVs with such insane power figures is because there’s no real range penalty in putting in a bigger motor. They could drop the motor size to 200 hp and it would still only go 200 miles. Electric motors don’t lose efficiency when they run at partial power the same way an ICE loses efficiency at…

This article glosses over a pretty significant issue with the Canoo truck: Steer and Brake by wire.

That’s because it’s 100% false. Downtown Austin is on what’s called a “critical circuit” and was never impacted by the blackouts.

The gas stations in Texas were without fuel for several days whether they had power or not. They continued to not have fuel for several days after the outages were over.

Correction: Article: Texas grid failure is only an issue for EVs. Not fuel pumps, refineries or natural gas plants that also rely on the grid to deliver fuel to people.

I love seeing these articles from people who don’t live here and didn’t actually live through the event. Not only do gas pumps not work when the power is out: Neither do the refineries that refine the oil into usable fuels... Plus it’s hard for trucks to deliver fuel to stations when the roads are covered with ice and…