I think the Detroit Electric Car from around a century ago is my favourite electric car. It’s kind of like a Model T, but I still like the Ford better.I think the Detroit Electric Car from around a century ago is my favourite electric car. It’s kind of like a Model T, but I still like the Ford better.
By Kelly Kirk
April 16, 2023
I don’t agree with the band on a lot of topics, and even the subject matter of this song isn’t for everyone, but the message is clear: Know your enemy. My enemy? The electric car. I do a ton of research on electric cars now, probably as much as I do on gas power and tools or equipment. I don’t like them, I won’t like them, but I keep collecting facts so I can spread the word. Don’t get me wrong, all I do is research, not full-blown espionage, as I’m not that cool. That being said, thanks to an article on ZeroHedge a couple of months ago, the word is being spread further.
I’m not a fan of taxes, and I’m also not a fan of gaslighting, and I believe a carbon tax is both. Paying a bunch of money to make the weather better, so you can get some of that money back is a tricky circle meant to sow guilt and push an agenda. I’m old enough to remember both the GST and PST going down by a point or two, not disappearing, but putting more money in your pocket. Less tax, can you imagine that?
Enter the electric car, the messiah of cost savings that also save the planet at the same time, except it’s coming out that it’s not exactly going to be that way. California wants 35% of new vehicles sold for the 2026 model year to be zero-emissions and every new vehicle sold to be zero-emissions by 2035. That sounds great, except for the fact that California can’t keep the lights on right now in a heat wave, and they recommend that if you’re running your air conditioner, don’t charge your electric car. Rolling blackouts are already common, with just a small number of electric cars amongst a dense population. I heard a comparison just last night that charging an electric car is like running twelve refrigerators. That’s not just an added stress on the grid in the summer. That’s beyond the breaking point.
The article on ZeroHedge was a little misleading, but all the facts were there. In the fourth quarter of 2022, it was cheaper to fuel a mid-level sedan than it was to charge a mid-level EV. On the upper end of luxury cars, however, the EV had the edge and charged for less money, even commercially on public pay-per-charge stations. One fact that doesn’t go away, however, is insurance. I don’t have a clue what the insurance rates are for comparable gasoline and electric cars, but it seems so far that insurance companies are scrapping and auctioning damaged EVs, as the repair bills are far too high to justify.
Live in an apartment building or a condo? Some have chosen to install EV charging stations and divide the cost amongst the tenants. Is that legal? I’m not a lawyer, but I’d bet they’ve hired one before hiring the electrician. Am I concerned with the future? Not immediately. The car companies will bow down to the government the same way they do every time they want a bailout and will switch to full EVs on or before the deadline. I don’t buy new vehicles, anyways. Are you a little concerned? If so, I recommend maybe keeping a low-mileage car or truck kicking around for the future, just in case.
I would have written this article sooner, but I lost my footnotes in a stack of notes about big block parts and high-volume fuel pumps.
