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« Last post by Smokin Joe on Today at 06:09:42 am »So...can I have my R-12 back?
We live in a global economy and US companies will move in a heartbeat to another country with cheaper labor. China and S. Korea and now Vietnam heavily subsidizes their EV industry. Way more than what we do. If we do not subsidize our home grown EV industry these countries will become the leaders and we will have to buy the technology and products from them.We have enough oil to be self sufficient. We have hundreds of years of coal reserves. WHat we are doing is creating an artificial shortage of electricity by increasing demand from sectors which used little. ICE engines work in all climates. They are more efficient with lower emissions than ever. Why would we have to buy any EVs from anyone?
Same argument from the isolationist today. "Our Founding fathers said to keep out of foreign entanglements" Well George and crew did not have to deal with intercontinental ballistic missiles, cyber attacks from 3500 miles away from rogue nations.
I never said tanks or at least should have been more specific. I am talking about support vehicles and such and very light armor vehicles such as humvees.
1. EV's give off no or minimal sound, no or very little heat signature like a diesel.
2. In Gulf War 1 each soldier had the equivalant of 45 lbs of electronic gear. Currently each soldier has the equivalent of 2000 lbs of electronic gear. EV's can supply this electric need w/o having to bring up generators and such
3. Battery range is going up every year. Toyota said in a presss release their 2026 ev's will have a 600 mile range.
4. As I mentioned before the military is working on batteries that can be changed out in the field due to damage or recharging with no tools in two minutes in less.
5. Every single military contractors from every country at the Qatar show had military ev;s including China in their lineup.
6. You said every ev military vehicle can be taken out with an emp. How do you know this? You are speaking out of your arse.
You know jack crap what they are working on, what their capabilities are but yet you are an armchair general. What I posted above is the minimal info my bil would give me. You are another person who hates ev's because conservatives have been told to hate ev's.