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You’ll note the skill requirements to install this are on the low side. A bunch of bolts holding it in and ~5 cannon plugs. Substantially less work than a gas engine. https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=rebuilt+volt+battery&l=1

This is basically a lesson in “don’t take your 12-year-old-car to the dealership for power train work”. An ICE at the dealership is also ridiculous, that’s why nobody does it. You get a used one or you get a rebuilt one.

You’re leaving out key parts in your California example. They’re asking people not to use major appliances and EV during PEAK DEMAND. Total demand isn’t an issue, peak demand is. And most people charge their cars at night, when they’re home and it’s not peak demand...

Basically every EV fire makes the news but nobody cares about regular car fires, which are surprisingly common, so it skews perceptions.

bigger fire but much, much less likely: https://www.idtechex.com/en/research-article/ev-fires-less-common-but-more-problematic/25749

Don’t worry, it’s not a tax, we’re going to call it a levy, that way we can charge gst on it. We’ll give it a catchy name, like “freedom levy”. You like freedom don’t you?

$1300 for a factory hitch, includes some software options for better towing.

A trillion dollars does seem like a lot. How many litres of gas does Canada use in a year? I think I might have a solution.

I’m not sure where you’re getting 60%, here’s a list of warranties and they’re all 70. The leaf is a bit of an oddball with no thermal management, I think this is the last year that they’re making it. https://joinyaa.com/guides/ev-battery-warranties/

maybe if it was 2013. This is just completely wrong. In fact, every EV on the market has an 8 year/160,000 km warranty that includes capacity retention.

You pay the $30 a month on the hydro bill with the $300 you were using for gas

It’s kinda the worst of both worlds though unless you need something specific from the hybrid. One of the big advantages to the EV is the lack of maintenance and reduced complexity/components. If you’re still dragging around an ICE then you miss out on that.

That’s pretty much the extent of hauling that the vast majority of the population is doing. Large travel trailers, yep, that’s going to be an issue and so maybe not for everyone. But the portion of the population regularly using their vehicles for long-haul trips with a large trailer is...

Well, as luck would have it, cobalt is being removed from batteries at a rather quick rate (see link in the post you quoted) because of your concern and because it’s expensive. So you will soon be able to redirect your concern to other cobalt-containing items such as air bags and catalytic...

Depends on the car of course, Model Y has 5,000 lb towing but based on demand they’re really expensive right now. Cadillac Lyriq is also 5,000 lbs, they’re ~$70k if you can get one.

It probably is. In the neighborhood of ~$100 a year. It would be painful/impossible to come up with an accurate figure unless they installed chargers designed to do this, and that feature would cost significantly more to install. The same ones can be set up to charge a fee, my town does it that...

If only there were a way to rent one every 5 years when you need to move… no, let’s just all buy one for that fringe case.

I’m just responding to the allegations that EVs are evil because mining. Clearly an invalid argument.

I’m pretty sure some people think that meat just comes ‘from the factory’ and can’t comprehend that beef used to be a cow.

There’s a “used” one in Trenton, only $35k over MSRP. Businesses gonna business.