I suspect below the minimums the cars sell fine.  a 50K Toyota is just broken in, not really *needing* a warranty at that point.

There was an Air Disasters episode expressly about missing screws that literally made the plane unflyable and all lives were lost.

So because ‘some’ goes up, it must mean all does? I’d be all ears to hear how you determine that.

Science and physics say otherwise.

zip ties man! ‘Southern’ ice road ‘solutions’ might also be worth of a PeopleOfWalmart website all it’s own

Yep, when batteries are 5+ times as energy dense and fully charge in 20 minutes, it might be viable.

The biggest issue is weight. Trucks have a max allowed weight and any battery capable of moving it, will significantly eat into it’s cargo weight. 10000 lbs is probably very undersized, so you’re taking at least a 10% reduction in cargo capacity per trip. Probably closer to 20%.

b/c AI hasn’t (yet) subverted gov’t regulations.

Sure, but long haul electric is a bad solution to our freight problem. We’d be far better off investing in a rail upgrade nationwide.

and apparently can brake harder than jakes.

“no way these could be used as a long haul truck”

It doesn’t. Lowers it some but vast amounts of air don’t go up the vent.

Should be, but surprisingly Consumer Reports noted that EVs have significantly higher issues than ICE cars. I attribute it to just being new and mfrs trying to stuff every possible feature into them in the last few years. Instead of the EV civic and corolla people would actually buy.

Narrator:  They look pretty crappy new

you forget the absolutely fool proof back up plan. Powerstrips. Instant 500% increase in charging stations ;-)

you snark, but that’s something people don’t seem to get. We have these global targets we *need* to hit but I don’t see any of the models accounting for the politics literally reversing chunks of the progress.

the issue is you aren’t putting in 1:1 chargers at any work place. Those L2's need to turn over pretty fast or pretty quickly you can’t get a charge because the 15 chargers for 100 people are stuck waiting on a 2 hr meeting.

87 civic 4 door, 11 people.   ahh, college

the counter point is ppl renting or without home charging *should* be buying larger capacity batteries because they can’t charge as conveniently.

The thing this idea entirely ignores is the, ahem, astronomical cost of ‘gathering’ any of those defunct space junk. If we could gather these things, we’d be able to de-orbit them easily reducing the Kessler Syndrome likelihood.