The problem with EV's

I was listening to talk radio yesterday, and the guy they were interviewing was obviously an oil-man. The same arguments were quoted as always, EV's catch fire, EV's can't go the distance, EV sales have fallen since Musk did his Nazi salute, but the one thing that never comes up is why we are forcing the move to EV's, and that is to save the planet. The ICE people only look at themselves, their personal situation, and could care less about the planet they live on, or their children's children's children.. No thought about what happens when Earth can no longer sustain humanities growing population.
We are all seeing the effects of global warming, and how it is accelerating.
Oil has got to go, it is a huge target and I am very happy some countries are pushing for its adoption, even if there is massive pushback from those that do not care one bit about this planet.
Keep the zero emission targets.

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SomeMichGuy · M

The EVs which caught fire were Tesla's, right?

JamesBugman

@SomeMichGuy It isn't the car, it is the battery type. Any car with Lithium batteries is prone to fires, even ICE cars can burn up from it if they have one of those batteries, or boats, or houses, or your cell phone.

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thisguy20 · 41-45, M

@SomeMichGuy Pretty sure they weren't Detroit Electrics: have never heard of one of them catching fire

JamesBugman

@thisguy20 "100 Firefighters Battled Massive Battery Fire At GM’s Flagship EV Plant In Detroit"
https://www.carscoops.com/2024/02/100-firefighters-were-needed-to-extinguish-battery-fire-at-gms-factory-zero-detroit-plant-in-december/

thisguy20 · 41-45, M

@JamesBugman Detroit Electric is a stand alone (not part of another company) brand / make of cars; they aren't now and never were part of GM

thisguy20 · 41-45, M

@thisguy20 This is a Detroit Electric

JamesBugman

@thisguy20 Is this what you are talking about?
The Detroit Electric was an electric car produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in Detroit, Michigan. The company built 13,000 electric cars from 1907 to 1939. The marque was revived in 2008 by Albert Lam, former Group CEO of the Lotus Engineering Group and executive director of Lotus Cars of England. to produce modern all-electric cars by Detroit Electric.