General EV Discussion

[RRocket]

I was right about this guy and his company since Day 1.


https://www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/this-is-how-tesla-will-die

[Johnnymac]

I saw a post on Facebook about how the Ford Pinto killed a bunch of people by burning them alive and the stats behind it prior to the recall...then they listed how many Teslas have killed and it's a bigger number and yet no such recall.

[Careener]

Their autopilot has a tendency to ignore motorcycles too.

[Revelations]

Checked my Lion Electric stock today. 0.065 cents, they're circling the drain awful quick. mid April to find a savior or they are done. I've only invested in two EV companies, Lion and Rivian. Both have returned nothing but losses.

[Blueprint]

Had an impromptu drag race with an Ioniq6. Me: accessing the empty highway at a traffic light in a 2025 Genesis G70 V6 TT, flooring it in Sport+. Him: accessing the same highway, at the same time, from the opposite channel island. He floored it as well. Both Koreans accelerated at the same rate, me making tons more (glorious) noise. At 150, the Genesis nudged ahead and at 156 he gave up. Ioniq6 sure is quick when viewed from inside the leathered fury of a powerful ICE sedan at WOT.   

[Blueprint]

Driving a Macan 4S this week (the new-gen EV one). Fast, quite the handler, but very...clinic. Interior screams "Honda" more than "$128k".

[RRocket]

, but very...clinic.

The same as every EV.

[Blueprint]

First half of 2025: Tesla sales down 67% in Canada, 83% in Quebec alone!

[RRocket]

First half of 2025: Tesla sales down 67% in Canada, 83% in Quebec alone!

Partly because of Musk and partly because of the end of credits pool...for a double dose of pimp slap.

[Revelations]

Interesting poll our local news outlet did. Asked "would you consider an EV for your next vehicle?" About 11,000 people responded and I was quite surprised at the results. Less than 14% said they'd consider an EV. Kelowna/Okanagan is quite well suited for EV's too.

[Johnnymac]

Why is that shocking when EVs make up a fraction of total sales, it's about what I would expect.

[Oliver]

Why is that shocking when EVs make up a fraction of total sales, it's about what I would expect.

ZEVs had 19% market share in BC last year so that number is fairly surprising.

[HannibalSmith]

Why is that shocking when EVs make up a fraction of total sales, it's about what I would expect.

ZEVs had 19% market share in BC last year so that number is fairly surprising.

In Vancouver right now, and yes, lots of EVs here.

[Revelations]

Why is that shocking when EVs make up a fraction of total sales, it's about what I would expect.

ZEVs had 19% market share in BC last year so that number is fairly surprising.

In Vancouver right now, and yes, lots of EVs here.

Exactly why I thought those numbers were surprising. Vancouver is absolutely full of EV's, yet here in the Okanagan they are far less common. EV's must be a big city thing more than anything else.

[HannibalSmith]

Why is that shocking when EVs make up a fraction of total sales, it's about what I would expect.

ZEVs had 19% market share in BC last year so that number is fairly surprising.

In Vancouver right now, and yes, lots of EVs here.

Exactly why I thought those numbers were surprising. Vancouver is absolutely full of EV's, yet here in the Okanagan they are far less common. EV's must be a big city thing more than anything else.

I think so, as they should be. In some places EVs make sense, in some they don't.