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You can buy a Toyota if you want, you seem to be a fanboy of them. They make good hybrids. But the real reason (IMO) that Japan is hedging their bets and not going all-in on EV's is that if they try to scale up BEVs right now the only country currently capable of supplying that demand is China. Japan and China are bitter, bitter enemies and the whole Japanese car industry is (quite wisely) refusing to put themselves under China's thumb. If Japan suddenly discovered massive deposits of EV battery materials (like we have here in the US this past year), then I guarantee you that Japan's tune would change drastically.
But I am curious about the map your friend is referring to. Let me know.
Here's the deal:A guy paid to put a supercharger at his house. It showed up on the Tesla map (and possibly showing up on MapQuest and the like). Instead of being a decent human being, he's one of those YouTubers/social media A-holes. He leaves it on the Tesla map in order to have people drive onto his property so he can get views (and money) over it (so, not sure how long this was going on).People are stupid. But, I hate these guys with a passion.
Interesting. What's his youtube channel?PS, I also hate 'influencers'. What a waste.
The last paragraph... https://www.businessinsider.com/auto-executives-coming-clean-evs-arent-working-2023-10
And Tesla was not invited to the EV summit at The White House. When asked why the Secretary of Transportation replied “I don’t know.”
If people really cared having electric vehicles, you would go all out. Excluding Tesla is politically motivated. It's picking winners and losers.A dumb actress doing that is stupid, and politicians doing that is evil.
Although Tesla's profits and projected profits are "taking a hit". There are so many factors involved here, some of which have big unknowns (e.g., battery availability to meet demand). Nevertheless, the world now runs on electricity, and most power generating and/or recovery ("clean" or "dirty") is aimed at producing electricity. Just getting rid of all the underground fuel tanks at gas stations around the world could result in huge environmental improvements, not even considering the reduction in production and transportation of fossil fuels. Discussions about the cost and environmental impacts of producing more electricity in general are a separate topic IMHO.
A tank in a ground isn't the problem. It's the dirty mining of battery materials, container shipping it all over the word to be processed, and the future disposal of expended batteries.There are simple things to save the environment:1. Don't make any unnecessary trips. Don't go to the mall just for the sake of going to the mall. Go to the mall because you have a specific item you need to buy. That does make me wonder if all those Amazon delivery trucks is really good for the environment. Or, if that automatic engine shut off when you stop at a light does any good. A hybrid makes more sense that electric in a traffic jam. Inch forward on battery power.2. Recycle. Not just small items like plastic and aluminium. I don't know how many times I see acceptable furniture being thrown away, that a poor family could use. But, no. We throw away everything. That includes clothes that don't fit you. Give it to a church, even if you don't go to church.3. Before anybody mentions any type public transportation, it needs to be cheaper, more reliable, expanded, and SAFER.
I think we are not supposed to talk politics so I won't say anything specific one way or the other. But stepping back a bit and just observing history it's clear that the playing field in the US has always been stacked against Tesla (and EV's in general). The entrenched businesses (Oil & Gas as well as automotive) have used their considerable influence to reduce EV adoption. For obvious reasons. In the business culture, you can easily see it in tons of newspaper articles that are heavily biased against Tesla. If you take a look at Tesla's actual success, it's a remarkable achievement for an American auto company to get to this level of success, from scratch. That should be celebrated as something America is leading the world in. But it's not. You only ever hear about 'problems' with Tesla from the media. It's clearly an attempt to slow down Tesla (and by extension, EV adoption) by manipulating the media. Now, normally I am not a 'media cannot be trusted' type of person. I wouldn't know, because I stopped reading any and all news about 8 years ago because even back then that stuff was toxic. When I did start to read stuff about the auto industry I was really shocked that Tesla wasn't celebrated. Hell, not just weren't celebrated, but dumped on at every opportunity. Then I looked at who paid for the most ads with traditional media. Ahhhhh, now it makes sense. If people don't like Tesla because of stuff they've read in the media, I'm sorry but you are being manipulated and you fell for it.
No, not when the guy in charge has picked sides and is doing all they can to promote one of them just to spite the other. Elon is a complete idiot for getting into politics, but much of what he does is idiotic. Populating Mars? Really? I also give him a lot of credit and admire him for what he's accomplished too, but he's his own worst enemy. The fact the US gov't is giving out tax credits so rich folks can buy EVs is one of the worst things about the whole deal. You can credit the gov't for much of Tesla's success despite the recent snub.Lol @Tyson you completely missed the point of the article I posted. It's not all about Tesla all the time. Nobody is recycling EV batteries either. Cobalt is especially bad as far as mining, it's mostly slave and child labor there. Rare earths also take up incredible amount of space and water. Mining this stuff IS much worse than many other things. Interesting you're always on the pro-EV everything and pro-Tesla side after buying a Tesla. Biased much? You can't seem to see or even consider any other POV.
