I saw recently that there was at least one insurance company that are refusing to insure transport ships if they are carrying electric vehicles.
I was trying to find the article again but seems it must be buried in the social media some place and Mainstream media are certainly not carrying the story
Electric Cars are not the answer in any equation.
The batteries spontaneously start of fire, so it seems.
The cost to replace a dead battery is crazy high (upwards of $25,000).
Charging these cars has turned out to be a royal pain in the you know what.
Try charging one of these in our Canadian winter, forget it. The car will tell you it is warming the battery before charging, Three days later the same message is onscreen and the battery still has not even started to be charged. Then if you do get a full charge on the battery (after many days) you will get maybe 300 km of range before you would need to re-charge the batteries. I'd be out of a job if I owned one of these EVs, for certain. Sounds great doesn't it ?
The environmental and economic costs to produce these batteries far exceeds any benefits.
You can slow charge a battery or fast charge a battery. With all things in harmony (the weather, the charger and etc), then a fast charge may be a couple or a few hours. BUT there is a catch. Fast charging any battery will reduce it's life expectancy. Since these cars will be computer chipped with every system onboard, then the insurance companies will know how many times you have 'fast' charged your battery and your insurance costs will reflect that. And if they figure you have fast charged too many times then no coverage for you.
Too bad about them gas vehicles (them classics) had to go down with the ship.... damn electric cars !
I forgot to mention that recently the mainstream media has been promoting a news story about a EV (a Tesla) had drove off a cliff and dropped some ungodly distance to the valley below. The driver survived !
Now isn't that wonderful. The car is a piece of junk as far as usability is concerned, but hey, if you ever drive off a cliff, you just might survive !