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Originally Posted by aerohead
Looking at the 2012,back-to-back CAR and DRIVER comparison,between a Tesla S and BMW 5-series,the Tesla,while 14.4% more expensive on the front- end,ended up 25.4% cheaper to
'fuel' over the long-term.That's a pretty good parlor trick! And one reason why some nations are bailing from ICE and leap-frogging to EV,at least plug-in hybrids.The business model for 'pistons' looks bleaker every year.ICE cars have great 'battery packs' but their 'motors' really suck! They just can't break free of their 2nd-Law of Thermodynamics prison.
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The only “reason” (rationale) for electric cars is that the automobile has become a commodity. The profiteers behind it — bending regulators, bribing legislators and funding media allies—
is to capture the lifetime cost of fuel.
10% is donuts & coffee. The assumptions about reliability and longevity are hot-air promises. Won’t pan out as “better”.
Except the
better control of populations. That’s the leapfrog game.
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