Is the Cyber Truck a Flop?

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for all the details. I didn't know about the charging station. Did they do a nice job installing it? I ran wire for a 50 amp outlet in my garage when I built it. Hopefully that's enough power if we decide to get an EV. How many miles per year are you allowed to drive in your lease without having to pay extra?

 

[tradosaurus]

I don't hate or fear them, but it gets old (1) the feeling that they're being forced on us and (2) the EV fanboys who treat you like you're some kind of idiot if you're not all in on them. They have their upsides, but plenty of downsides as well. They're not the best choice for everyone.

I think both points are all in your imagination.

 

[WinterDeere]

Well it was about to get ugly pretty darn soon. California and the other 17 states that follow them were set to ban sales of new internal combustion passenger vehicles starting in 2035. Because of the long development and production cycles to manufacture and distribute vehicles, this likely would have starting having real effects on consumer choices even sooner.

Thankfully for all of us, congress repealed their waiver that allowed them to go above and beyond EPA regulations.

Even if it did happen in CA in 2035, which it's not, it'd after the new-car-buying lifetime of 99% of the members here, before it rolled out to less liberal states. Something like 3% of all Americans will buy a new car after age 75, and it's closer to 1% after age 80.

How old will most of this forum be, by the time it actually passes in CA? How about KY, IL, or MI?!?

Total non-issue, for most of the old folks complaining about this fiction, of being forced to buy an EV.