EV Cars/Trucks

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

What I want to know is, will an all electric vehicle "peel out?" (50s term for smoking the tires or doing a burnout)

They definitely will due to the instant torque, but it's usually not near as fun since a vast majority are FWD.

I actually have to replace the tires on my wife's Leaf faster than I'd like because it's easy to burn a little rubber off the line.

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by DaFace

They definitely will due to the instant torque, but it's usually not near as fun since a vast majority are FWD.

I actually have to replace the tires on my wife's Leaf faster than I'd like because it's easy to burn a little rubber off the line.

Heard that is common, along with the weight of the cars wear out tires faster.

[Chief Pagan]

Approximately 46% of Americans who own an EV want to go back to a standard vehicle for their next purchase

One poll without context, I'm not sure how much faith I would put it in.

Do 46% want to replace their EV with an ICE? Or are they multi car families and their next purchase will be an ICE replacement for an ICE?

Most EVs are being bought by families that also have an ICE or at least a hybrid and I can understand why. For multi car families with a garage, a commuter, around town EV can be great.

That is a lot households but certainly leaves a lot of people out.

Building up new infrastructure is hard.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

Approximately 46% of Americans who own an EV want to go back to a standard vehicle for their next purchase



One poll without context, I'm not sure how much faith I would put it in.



Do 46% want to replace their EV with an ICE? Or are they multi car families and their next purchase will be an ICE replacement for an ICE?



Most EVs are being bought by families that also have an ICE or at least a hybrid and I can understand why. For multi car families with a garage, a commuter, around town EV can be great.



That is a lot households but certainly leaves a lot of people out.



Building up new infrastructure is hard.

I do also think that there was a bit of a hype wave where some people bought EVs who shouldn't have. If you can't charge at home (e.g., living in an apartment without chargers), owning an EV would be miserable, but some people did it.

I could also see it being a ton of people who bought Teslas and are now cranky about Elon.

I do think that poll is a little dubious, though. My hunch is the question was on a scale of "very likely," "somewhat likely," and "not likely," and they reported very+somewhat, but I've had trouble finding their actual methodology.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by DaFace

They definitely will due to the instant torque, but it's usually not near as fun since a vast majority are FWD.

I actually have to replace the tires on my wife's Leaf faster than I'd like because it's easy to burn a little rubber off the line.

I would have thought modern electronics would have prevented tires from slipping.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by DaFace

They definitely will due to the instant torque, but it's usually not near as fun since a vast majority are FWD.

I actually have to replace the tires on my wife's Leaf faster than I'd like because it's easy to burn a little rubber off the line.

I wondered about that since electric motors have such instant response and wind up.

A few years ago there were a few electric motor dragsters showing up but I haven't seen anything about them lately.