Some people see the fuel crisis as a 'manufactured emergency' to stem the huge decline of interest in electric vehicles
But is it?
The pro-EV wonks are all claiming the current situation as a moral victory for the Twin Cults of Electric Jesus Christ and Net Zero. Yet the main push is not for EV's but to panic the general public into getting solar and batteries for their homes which most people cannot afford without incentives/rebates and credit finance to fund the purchases,
There's lots of anecdotal reporting that Telsa Cybertruck interest is tanking. Thankfully the wankpanzer has never (yet) been made in RHD so will never be sold in this country. Here in Australia, it's currently a 'war' between incumbent Felon Musk's Tesla (maker of high end EV's) and Chinese BYD (maker of cheap [relatively speaking] EV's) for the bulk of EV market share, with very minor presences of other car makers in the BEV space. EV's still make up less than 5 percent of all registered vehicles in Australia.
Liqud fuel for non-EV's is still insanely cheap currently hovering around A$3 a litre for diesel and a bit less for petrol. Before Trump's Folly it was only just under $2 a ltire, so the price hasn't risen much at all yet.
That said I haven't filled up my 4wd in a few weeks (since before Trump started his phony oil control war), and my car is out of rego so I can't drive it anyway. The 4wd takes 140 litres so will def be a cost impost to fill, but I don't have to plug it in to 'charge' every day to deal with range anxiety.
Both vehicles were filled up before Trump's pet project began. Car only needs it's annual rego inspection $50, then I have to pay for rego + tax and compulsory third party insurance (both about $450 each), so roughly $1000 to get it back on the road for another year. Wouldn't matter if I had an EV as EV's are generally heavier than their equivalent non-EV's so still incur the same rego and insurance costs.
The pro-EV wonks are all claiming the current situation as a moral victory for the Twin Cults of Electric Jesus Christ and Net Zero. Yet the main push is not for EV's but to panic the general public into getting solar and batteries for their homes which most people cannot afford without incentives/rebates and credit finance to fund the purchases,
There's lots of anecdotal reporting that Telsa Cybertruck interest is tanking. Thankfully the wankpanzer has never (yet) been made in RHD so will never be sold in this country. Here in Australia, it's currently a 'war' between incumbent Felon Musk's Tesla (maker of high end EV's) and Chinese BYD (maker of cheap [relatively speaking] EV's) for the bulk of EV market share, with very minor presences of other car makers in the BEV space. EV's still make up less than 5 percent of all registered vehicles in Australia.
Liqud fuel for non-EV's is still insanely cheap currently hovering around A$3 a litre for diesel and a bit less for petrol. Before Trump's Folly it was only just under $2 a ltire, so the price hasn't risen much at all yet.
That said I haven't filled up my 4wd in a few weeks (since before Trump started his phony oil control war), and my car is out of rego so I can't drive it anyway. The 4wd takes 140 litres so will def be a cost impost to fill, but I don't have to plug it in to 'charge' every day to deal with range anxiety.
Both vehicles were filled up before Trump's pet project began. Car only needs it's annual rego inspection $50, then I have to pay for rego + tax and compulsory third party insurance (both about $450 each), so roughly $1000 to get it back on the road for another year. Wouldn't matter if I had an EV as EV's are generally heavier than their equivalent non-EV's so still incur the same rego and insurance costs.
