Politicians who rush to save the world one car at a time imagine a fully electric fleet would impact the climate in a big way. The facts suggest otherwise.
Advocates of a total transition to electric vehicles face a big problem. How can they convince drivers to abandon cheaper, longer-range, more convenient cars powered by internal combustion engines? Not to worry, they insist. The speed bumps slowing EVs’ widespread adoption will soon vanish and consumers will happily drive America into an electrically powered transportation future.
That’s highly doubtful.
Here are a few facts. EVs on average cost significantly more than their combustion-engine cousins to build and maintain — roughly $22,000 more. Spurred by federal subsidies, auto manufacturers have produced many more EVs than consumers demand. Unsold inventory has accumulated. General Motors and Ford already have pushed back their internal output targets.
What’s more, Ford hemorrhaged more than $70,000 per EV sale in the second quarter of 2023. Its EV operations are projected to lose $4.5 billion this year. Ford CEO Jim Farley puts the ideal EV price point at $25,000, but the batteries alone cost $18,000. Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E SUV starts at $44,000, which about $25,000 more than a comparable Edge model.
To actually MAKE these things emits more “climate change” gases (carbon/other noxious fumes, C02 etc) that the average combustion engine emits in a lifetime. Then add the cost to strip mining the planet, slave labor, child labor from the countries that produce the minerals, getting the minerals where they need to go (hello China)…it is absolutely ridiculous. We also are decades away from the infrastructure needed…just picture a hurricane on the way…thousands of EV cars abandoned because they have nowhere to charge…then they all catch fire because of the batteries. Spells out a REAL disaster versus “climate change”