Lauren Fix is brilliant! I have been against EV's since the government first started pushing them. Why? Because whenever the government gets involved in something that is not based in practical, applicable, useful technology or fact, it screws it up. Every. Single. Time. The claim of EV's being cleaner is absolute rubbish! The manufacturing of EV's is not environmentally clean and where do you think the power to charge them comes from?! It is absolutely idiotic to force EV's on a public when there is ZERO serious effort to fortify the electrical grid that they depend on! It is the very definition of stupid! This country runs on a free market system. The public will buy a product that is better. They cannot be forced to buy what is found in actual use to be inferior to what they already have! EV's crap out in the cold, they crap out in the heat!
One could argue that EVs aren't even electric anyway and that the whole movement is a hoax promoted by those who know better about energy and the environment so let's stop all of the nonsense. Afterall, ICE cars have batteries so maybe they are as much electric as EVs and who cares if EVs happen to have bigger batteries, so what. Don't let the politicians tell you otherwise. They are a bunch of old foggies anyway. Right?
Except there is no EV mandate and no one is forcing you to buy EVs. But reality check I have an EV and only a complete moron would switch back. The news media is just running away with the story and leaving out lots of details. If can level 2 charge over night it makes complete sense. If you cannot, stick with ICE or hybrid. It’s not rocket science. Non-Tesla EVs are struggling with charging on road trip. Thats because companies like Electrify America make chargers and never maintain them to actually charge at advertised rates. Teslas road trip perfectly fine. Point is 50% are not going back. That was one survey that was taken a while ago with a small sample size and is being reported ad nauseam ever since.
As I always say it's no Ev's for me .. we keep It Old school over here . It's a no to Harris for me. Democrats think cars are going to destroy the earth.
I work at a Honda dealership, and for months, we could not sell the Prologue EV because of the high price and lack of interest. We are now starting to sell them because Honda started offering good lease deals, mostly to employees.
At least a decade for charging infrastructure and similar for battery tech which needs to be better and safer...then they are only useful for in cities shorter distance commute so maybe 30 percent of the market...
The American car manufacturers are still building cars here the same way for over 100 years , they need to back to the drawing board and rethink transportation . Just look at a small company in California called Aptera who rethinking transportation.
Chinese cars do not cost less, it is an urban legend, EVs are also terrible vehicles: extremely unreliable, their mileage is always a half of what’s officially declared, no spare parts, no one knows how to fix them and yes there is nowhere to charge them and they are hella expensive (Chinese cars included).
😂 Trump supporters litteraly think a man with 34 felonies can fix America. He could barely manage the US in the pandemic. You know he's friends with Russia and China 🇨🇳 right. And it's Trump / Vance 2024 bud. Whoever takes office I hope they put America 1st.
Diesel electric hybrid sounds great. The railroad industry has used that combo for decades successfully. When adding an energy storage device why not use a capacitor instead of a battery because the charge / discharge cycle is short term thus eliminating the hazard of thermal runaways and fires that are hard to extinguish along with all the toxic materials used to build a battery. Let's go green "smartly".
Dealerships can goto hell. I'll be happy if they go away. American brands have historically been lazy to adapt to the world around them. It's not a good old boy network anymore. Domestic built brands have to step up and fend off China. Toyota, Honda will obviously do well but the American big 2. (Chrysler is dead) will have to build vehicles in AMERICA than Americans can afford and not just focus on $80k - $100k trucks.
Keep hating on the us auto industry that directly and indirectly make up 6 percent of our economy and see what that does to our country if they go under.
I was driving in a mall in Long Island and I thought the parking lots were full and then I realized they’re full of Teslas and other cars with no license plates, which turned out to be electronic vehicles packed into these parking lots and I’ve never seen that with regular carsthat is internal combustion engine cars. Clearly, if you’re not trying to save the world, why would anybody buy an electric car?
No. EVs are NOT more expensive than ICE cars. Tesla Model 3’s and Y’s sell from the high 30’s to the high 40’s. The electric Equinox starts at just over 40k. The new Bolt is going to sell for about 30K. Also the idea that we get ALL of our electric from just coal and natgas. Ridiculous. There is hydro power and renewables which are growing. Please stop this dopey FUD. It’s disingenuous. Yes, I love ICE cars but I’m also a huge fan of EVs as well. While they may not be 50% of the market by ‘30, I’d be willing to bet they’ll be at 25% or more.
We need ICE vehicles that run on alcohol. No emissions, no converters, no charging stations, renewable. Existing ICE vehicles can be converted, existing gas stations can distribute. Win, win, win. The cheap low priced EV’s market are the people who live in apartments or park on the street. People with money will want something nicer, like a Tesla to park in their garage.
No more EVs? Diesels instead? Lauren, you are out of your mind. The diesel is being phased out and is becoming a thing of the past. They are less engaging than electric cars.
In the future, they’re not even going to be using humans to build cars so if people are smart, they will get into the field of fixing electric cars making electric car parts fixing robots that work in these factories. Where the money will be in automotive care. Right now, very few mechanics know how to fix an electric car and very few places are making parts for electronic cars. Started adapting now. GM Ford Chrysler all make crap cars. Let them go out of business and open up factories that make electric car parts and also train mechanics to fix electronic cars.
Fix, please explain why you refuse to mention the cost savings benefit for EVs on brake replacement? I assure you nobody likes paying for that on a gas vehicle. Please mention all the pros and cons own leasing an EV and not just the cons. Your are extremely distorting the facts to people that could really use your help. Everyone, please do your own research before you make any decision on buying or leasing.
Didn't know that ev tires have to be changed yearly totally against the China ev's flooding the market seems like the republican party is the best way go hopefully
EVs have more torque and at lower revs than ICE vehicles, it's been very easy to wear the rubber off the tires from tromping it to get off the line. It's hella fun but hard on the tires. If you drive less enthusiastically, your tires will last more or less like an ICE vehicle. Bottom line - it's an exaggeration. Just like how we're told ALL of the electricity is generated from Coal and Gas. (And even if it were, using fossil fuel to generate electricity for EVs is more efficient than burning it in individual vehicles.)
@@oldebill1807 They also weigh more for any given style, so the tires designed for 3,000lbs are carrying 4,000. While we're at it, regenerative braking doesn't do as much as people think it does, so add brakes at 2/3rd the interval of a comparable ICE car. 1/2 if the ICE car was as a stick and the driver knows what they're doing.
@@AlexR_44 “EVs are heavier vehicles, and the tire industry is adjusting to these weight increases,” says Ryan Pszczolkowski, who oversees Consumer Reports’ tire program. “There’s a load range of tires called HL, which stands for high-load capacity tires. These tires can carry a heavier load at the same tire pressure as traditional tires.”
@@oldebill1807 oh good, I'm glad to hear they've finally caught up to logic. We all know the early EVs weren't shipped with those tires. Although, I'm skeptical to trust anything published by consumer reports, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
@@AlexR_44 EV technologies are still coming down the learning curve. Tires is an important aspect and makers are developing newer products. I also have hopes about evolving battery technologies that will improve energy density, reduce reliance on problematic materials, and improve the eco-friendliness of the production process.
For the time being, it isn't profitable for manufacturers to produce inexpensive EVs. That is going to change. Meanwhile, as prices come down, you are bound to see more of them. The government has little to do with it. It's called free enterprise.
Detroit's focus is on high margin vehicles and has scant interest in lower cost (affordable) vehicles. Cars in general are continuing to get bigger and filled with more tech and have higher price tags. It's not just an EV thing.
@@oldebill1807 People choose what they want. The EV problem comes in with high battery price and cost to manufacture. Over time there are bound to be more affordable EVs coming to market. The reintroduced Bolt is a good example.
Of course, Lauren, it would take decades to put in the electrical charging system…that is what happens when you literally fight something so that it doesn’t happen. I get that you don’t want EVs but just realize the irony.
Why there couldn't be a media full court press by the fossil fuel industry to impede EV adoption could there? Surely the tobacco industry showed us that you couldn't hide dirty secrets for more the 30 or 40 years if you buy enough people.
While I don’t think the government should be making the calls for consumer desires, let’s not forget that in the past, conservatives have fought everything from airbags to seatbelts and not that many years ago, hybrids. It seems funny (or ridiculous) to think about now but the fact that these were hot button topics makes you realize that the team fighting for your “freedom” is stuck in the past historically (and in some cases, by definition).
maybe we should just go back to the horse and buggy, since narrow minds cannot grasp the vast advantages that ev's will provide to every commuter sometime in the near future.
EVs predate internal combustion, 100s of EV makers who could not transition to IC technology went bust > 100 years ago, and the same is happening now. (And horses are still far more popular than EVs)
I was driving in a mall in Long Island and I thought the parking lots were full and then I realized they’re full of Teslas and other cars with no license plates, which turned out to be electronic vehicles packed into these parking lots and I’ve never seen that with regular carsthat is internal combustion engine cars. Clearly, if you’re not trying to save the world, why would anybody buy an electric car?
Lauren Fix is brilliant! I have been against EV's since the government first started pushing them. Why? Because whenever the government gets involved in something that is not based in practical, applicable, useful technology or fact, it screws it up. Every. Single. Time.
The claim of EV's being cleaner is absolute rubbish! The manufacturing of EV's is not environmentally clean and where do you think the power to charge them comes from?! It is absolutely idiotic to force EV's on a public when there is ZERO serious effort to fortify the electrical grid that they depend on! It is the very definition of stupid! This country runs on a free market system. The public will buy a product that is better. They cannot be forced to buy what is found in actual use to be inferior to what they already have! EV's crap out in the cold, they crap out in the heat!
One could argue that EVs aren't even electric anyway and that the whole movement is a hoax promoted by those who know better about energy and the environment so let's stop all of the nonsense. Afterall, ICE cars have batteries so maybe they are as much electric as EVs and who cares if EVs happen to have bigger batteries, so what. Don't let the politicians tell you otherwise. They are a bunch of old foggies anyway. Right?
Except there is no EV mandate and no one is forcing you to buy EVs. But reality check I have an EV and only a complete moron would switch back.
The news media is just running away with the story and leaving out lots of details. If can level 2 charge over night it makes complete sense. If you cannot, stick with ICE or hybrid. It’s not rocket science.
Non-Tesla EVs are struggling with charging on road trip. Thats because companies like Electrify America make chargers and never maintain them to actually charge at advertised rates. Teslas road trip perfectly fine.
Point is 50% are not going back. That was one survey that was taken a while ago with a small sample size and is being reported ad nauseam ever since.
Everybody we know are selling their EVs. To much of a Hassle, dangerous and they don't work as advertised
Let me introduce myself to you. I'm keeping mine.
@@midnight4109 That's fine. They work for many folks but by no means everyone. That's why we need choice.
I know of a few people that had EVs and now they dont. They all went back to Gas
Have no interest in a stupid EV
Only the smart ones are worth buying.
MG is NOT British! It's Chinese!
As I always say it's no Ev's for me .. we keep It Old school over here . It's a no to Harris for me. Democrats think cars are going to destroy the earth.
Isn't there anything that you are looking forward to going into the future? You could go back to a horse and buggy, or re-elect Trump?
Trump 2024! No to EV mandates!
Mandates and bans are evil and un-American!
Trump 2024! No EV mandates!
@@midnight4109you must of been inspired by your high school guidance counselor 😂
@@matttravers5764 you're right about that I want Trump's interest rates too. 👍
Even if the cars were cheaper, I wouldn’t buy one because of the reliability, the charging issue, the increased price and the increased insurance
I work at a Honda dealership, and for months, we could not sell the Prologue EV because of the high price and lack of interest. We are now starting to sell them because Honda started offering good lease deals, mostly to employees.
At least a decade for charging infrastructure and similar for battery tech which needs to be better and safer...then they are only useful for in cities shorter distance commute so maybe 30 percent of the market...
Stop trying to force us to buy cars that we don't want.
As always, thanks for your fight for correct information Lauren!
EVs are so hot 🔥 50 Rivian R1T and R1S EVs went ablaze over the weekend at the automaker's production plant in Normal, Illinois, reports 25 News Now.
The American car manufacturers are still building cars here the same way for over 100 years , they need to back to the drawing board and rethink transportation . Just look at a small company in California called Aptera who rethinking transportation.
My brother has a Tesla yeah great acceleration but I'll be long gone by the time he finishes charging up..
If manufactuers are being mandated by the U.S. Government what they have to build, that is not American choice.
I AGREE 💯💯💯 CAR COACH NICE 👍👍👍 LADY 😄😜😄❤❤❤ GIVE PEOPLE A CHOICE 😀😜😀😜😀 GOD BLESS 👍🙏
Chinese cars do not cost less, it is an urban legend, EVs are also terrible vehicles: extremely unreliable, their mileage is always a half of what’s officially declared, no spare parts, no one knows how to fix them and yes there is nowhere to charge them and they are hella expensive (Chinese cars included).
TRUMP 2024!
Voting Red ! Trump/Vance 2014 🇺🇸
😂 Trump supporters litteraly think a man with 34 felonies can fix America. He could barely manage the US in the pandemic. You know he's friends with Russia and China 🇨🇳 right. And it's Trump / Vance 2024 bud. Whoever takes office I hope they put America 1st.
Diesel electric hybrid sounds great. The railroad industry has used that combo for decades successfully. When adding an energy storage device why not use a capacitor instead of a battery because the charge / discharge cycle is short term thus eliminating the hazard of thermal runaways and fires that are hard to extinguish along with all the toxic materials used to build a battery. Let's go green "smartly".
I hope EVs just make 25% of the whole market in the future. I personally find most EVs inconvenient for my lifestyle.
Dealerships can goto hell. I'll be happy if they go away. American brands have historically been lazy to adapt to the world around them. It's not a good old boy network anymore. Domestic built brands have to step up and fend off China. Toyota, Honda will obviously do well but the American big 2. (Chrysler is dead) will have to build vehicles in AMERICA than Americans can afford and not just focus on $80k - $100k trucks.
Keep hating on the us auto industry that directly and indirectly make up 6 percent of our economy and see what that does to our country if they go under.
I was driving in a mall in Long Island and I thought the parking lots were full and then I realized they’re full of Teslas and other cars with no license plates, which turned out to be electronic vehicles packed into these parking lots and I’ve never seen that with regular carsthat is internal combustion engine cars. Clearly, if you’re not trying to save the world, why would anybody buy an electric car?
Ask the man who had the misfortune of buying one except the fan boys!
I don’t understand no one thought of this before they started pumping out electronic vehicles?
Thanks again for this update..
I have a diesel pickup and love it. Have a phev car for our car and like it a lot. If my phev had a diesel hybrid it would be incredible.
No. EVs are NOT more expensive than ICE cars. Tesla Model 3’s and Y’s sell from the high 30’s to the high 40’s. The electric Equinox starts at just over 40k. The new Bolt is going to sell for about 30K. Also the idea that we get ALL of our electric from just coal and natgas. Ridiculous. There is hydro power and renewables which are growing. Please stop this dopey FUD. It’s disingenuous. Yes, I love ICE cars but I’m also a huge fan of EVs as well. While they may not be 50% of the market by ‘30, I’d be willing to bet they’ll be at 25% or more.
great info.
An electric car would complicate my life. I don't need any more complications in my life.
We need ICE vehicles that run on alcohol. No emissions, no converters, no charging stations, renewable. Existing ICE vehicles can be converted, existing gas stations can distribute. Win, win, win.
The cheap low priced EV’s market are the people who live in apartments or park on the street. People with money will want something nicer, like a Tesla to park in their garage.
You mean e85?
No more EVs? Diesels instead? Lauren, you are out of your mind. The diesel is being phased out and is becoming a thing of the past. They are less engaging than electric cars.
And the Japanese brands, money goes back.
In the future, they’re not even going to be using humans to build cars so if people are smart, they will get into the field of fixing electric cars making electric car parts fixing robots that work in these factories. Where the money will be in automotive care. Right now, very few mechanics know how to fix an electric car and very few places are making parts for electronic cars. Started adapting now. GM Ford Chrysler all make crap cars. Let them go out of business and open up factories that make electric car parts and also train mechanics to fix electronic cars.
😂😂 change tyres every year , drive for 6 years have one change. This is a expert ?….
Fix, please explain why you refuse to mention the cost savings benefit for EVs on brake replacement? I assure you nobody likes paying for that on a gas vehicle. Please mention all the pros and cons own leasing an EV and not just the cons. Your are extremely distorting the facts to people that could really use your help.
Everyone, please do your own research before you make any decision on buying or leasing.
People cannot afford EVs which are a killing machine.
Didn't know that ev tires have to be changed yearly totally against the China ev's flooding the market seems like the republican party is the best way go hopefully
EVs have more torque and at lower revs than ICE vehicles, it's been very easy to wear the rubber off the tires from tromping it to get off the line. It's hella fun but hard on the tires. If you drive less enthusiastically, your tires will last more or less like an ICE vehicle. Bottom line - it's an exaggeration. Just like how we're told ALL of the electricity is generated from Coal and Gas. (And even if it were, using fossil fuel to generate electricity for EVs is more efficient than burning it in individual vehicles.)
@@oldebill1807 They also weigh more for any given style, so the tires designed for 3,000lbs are carrying 4,000. While we're at it, regenerative braking doesn't do as much as people think it does, so add brakes at 2/3rd the interval of a comparable ICE car. 1/2 if the ICE car was as a stick and the driver knows what they're doing.
@@AlexR_44
“EVs are heavier vehicles, and the tire industry is adjusting to these weight increases,” says Ryan Pszczolkowski, who oversees Consumer Reports’ tire program. “There’s a load range of tires called HL, which stands for high-load capacity tires. These tires can carry a heavier load at the same tire pressure as traditional tires.”
@@oldebill1807 oh good, I'm glad to hear they've finally caught up to logic. We all know the early EVs weren't shipped with those tires.
Although, I'm skeptical to trust anything published by consumer reports, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
@@AlexR_44 EV technologies are still coming down the learning curve. Tires is an important aspect and makers are developing newer products. I also have hopes about evolving battery technologies that will improve energy density, reduce reliance on problematic materials, and improve the eco-friendliness of the production process.
For the time being, it isn't profitable for manufacturers to produce inexpensive EVs. That is going to change. Meanwhile, as prices come down, you are bound to see more of them. The government has little to do with it. It's called free enterprise.
Detroit's focus is on high margin vehicles and has scant interest in lower cost (affordable) vehicles. Cars in general are continuing to get bigger and filled with more tech and have higher price tags. It's not just an EV thing.
@@oldebill1807 People choose what they want. The EV problem comes in with high battery price and cost to manufacture. Over time there are bound to be more affordable EVs coming to market. The reintroduced Bolt is a good example.
Prics is NOT the only issue, stop making it out to be.
@oldebill1807 Then the whole system is crashing due to Greed & Govt interference.
@@ImLivinSD Source?
Voting Democrats to build out EV
😂
Of course, Lauren, it would take decades to put in the electrical charging system…that is what happens when you literally fight something so that it doesn’t happen. I get that you don’t want EVs but just realize the irony.
Why there couldn't be a media full court press by the fossil fuel industry to impede EV adoption could there? Surely the tobacco industry showed us that you couldn't hide dirty secrets for more the 30 or 40 years if you buy enough people.
What?
While I don’t think the government should be making the calls for consumer desires, let’s not forget that in the past, conservatives have fought everything from airbags to seatbelts and not that many years ago, hybrids. It seems funny (or ridiculous) to think about now but the fact that these were hot button topics makes you realize that the team fighting for your “freedom” is stuck in the past historically (and in some cases, by definition).
I think your history is off a little, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole was who mandated drivers side airbags or automatic seatbelts.
Wow, damn rt elections matter. Voting blue!!
Trump/Vance not Commie k.
maybe we should just go back to the horse and buggy, since narrow minds cannot grasp the vast advantages that ev's will provide to every commuter sometime in the near future.
EVs predate internal combustion, 100s of EV makers who could not transition to IC technology went bust > 100 years ago, and the same is happening now.
(And horses are still far more popular than EVs)
I was driving in a mall in Long Island and I thought the parking lots were full and then I realized they’re full of Teslas and other cars with no license plates, which turned out to be electronic vehicles packed into these parking lots and I’ve never seen that with regular carsthat is internal combustion engine cars. Clearly, if you’re not trying to save the world, why would anybody buy an electric car?