Time for EV Class Actions?

[Elderberry]

Powerline 4/1/2023

Electric vehicles are the South Sea Bubble of the 21st century. They are essentially obsolete, having lost out to the internal combustion engine 100 years ago. Yes, you can make a good car with a battery, like a Tesla. But the cost will always be too high, the environmental consequences are horrific, the drain on natural resources is unconscionable, and charging requirements will always render the vehicle impractical.

This is why EVs need hype to go along with subsidies and mandates.

The London Times reports:

    Electric car makers are advertising exaggerated vehicle ranges because the official testing regime does not accurately reflect real-world use, a large-scale study has found.

    Independent testing of more than 70 electric vehicles shows that their actual range is nearly 20 per cent less on average than the figures put in manufacturers’ websites. That means an electric car claiming that it can go 240 miles is likely to achieve less than 200 miles before running out of power.

More: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/time-for-ev-class-actions.php

[Smokin Joe]

...and that's without running the heater or defroster, wipers, or any of that other stuff that makes it safer to drive (or just more survivable).