There was a charge station outside the local Walgreens. Gone now....

^^^Too many vagrants?

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^^^Too many vagrants?

In this neighborhood, not too much

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Originally posted by bendable:
There are a lot of stories about people transitioning from horse's to horseless carriages as well.

They did it over decades and weren't forced by the government. Not quite the same thing as we have going on now.

Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Virginia's Exit From California's Electric Vehicle Mandate

Governor's press release

YouTube link

WSET link

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RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — On Wednesday, Governor Youngkin announced the end of the California electric vehicle mandate in Virginia, effective at the end of 2024 when California’s current regulations expire.

According to the office of the governor, an official opinion from Attorney General Jason Miyares in response to a request by the Governor and Senate Republican Leader Ryan McDougle confirms that Virginia is not required to comply with expansive new mandates adopted by the unelected California Air Resources Board (CARB) set to take effect January 1, 2025.

Attorney General's opinion here.

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Virginia is not required to comply with expansive new mandates adopted by the unelected California Air Resources Board (CARB) set to take effect January 1, 2025.

Well, duh!
Virginia is not California!
Last I checked we have 50 States. None of them get to rule the others, although California thinks they do.

Very thankful for Governor Youngkin standing up and saying so.

I haven’t posted anything in the thread for awhile…

I have 1,999 miles on it in the 11 months I’ve owned it.

I charge it about once a month from my solar system at usually around 65-70% up to 90%.

My EV works for me.

PR64, I mean this with absolutely zero disrespect, and fully with a sense of humor:

At just a hundred miles a month, I'd buy a tank of fuel for my car once every five to six months.

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That said... I do like the blue stripes you added to your car.

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Originally posted by vthoky:
Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Virginia's Exit From California's Electric Vehicle Mandate

Governor's press release

YouTube link

WSET link

quote:

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — On Wednesday, Governor Youngkin announced the end of the California electric vehicle mandate in Virginia, effective at the end of 2024 when California’s current regulations expire.

According to the office of the governor, an official opinion from Attorney General Jason Miyares in response to a request by the Governor and Senate Republican Leader Ryan McDougle confirms that Virginia is not required to comply with expansive new mandates adopted by the unelected California Air Resources Board (CARB) set to take effect January 1, 2025.

Attorney General's opinion here.

I was surprised when I first read about the CARB mandate being adopted by 14 (I think) additional states and even more flabbergasted when I saw that VA was on that list.

I hope more states grow a pair…

“Joe Biden has dealt another body blow to America's gas car manufacturers after his stuttering roll-out of EV charging points was slammed as 'pathetic'.

The Transportation Department told automakers they have eight years to squeeze another 16 miles per gallon out of their cars if they want to stay in business - while the fuel efficiency of their trucks will have to double.

Friday's edict came just weeks after the EPA slashed the limits on tailpipe emissions as part of the White House pledge to ensure that more than half of all new vehicles sold are electric by 2032.

But the administration admitted last week that just seven EV charging stations have been built since a $5-billion program was signed off in 2021. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/13507831

My SIL inherited her father's Tesla Y when he recently passed. She and my brother just drove it from Southern Idaho back to Ohio. It's a 2 day trip with an ICE engine and with the Tesla, it added 1/2 a day.

My brother is a physicist and didn't believe Tesla's algorithm for range would be accurate for mountain driving so he devised his own. He was right Tesla was wrong. For non mountain driving, Tesla's range estimator is accurate.

I don’t have a subscription to any car magazines now, I do get emails from two or three like, R&T, C&D, Motor Trend. It’s become apparent to me that the publishers of these magazines have become shills for EVs. Every email I get touting that month’s edition is headlined by a review of yet another EV. Most of the time there’s at least one more feature on an EV. A recent offering from Road and Track featured a Cybertruck drag racing a Porsche.

How does complicity like that come about? They can’t really think their readers, car enthusiasts, are dying to give up their IC powered cars for the electric flavor of the month, can they?

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I don’t have a subscription to any car magazines now, I do get emails from two or three like, R&T, C&D, Motor Trend. It’s become apparent to me that the publishers of these magazines have become shills for EVs. Every email I get touting that month’s edition is headlined by a review of yet another EV. Most of the time there’s at least one more feature on an EV. A recent offering from Road and Track featured a Cybertruck drag racing a Porsche.

How does complicity like that come about? They can’t really think their readers, car enthusiasts, are dying to give up their IC powered cars for the electric flavor of the month, can they?

The car mags you mentioned are able to operate because they have a symbiotic relationship with car manufacturers. What the industry pushes the magazines will publish. Like gun magazines, you rarely read a negative product review in one of these. So as long as car manufacturers are stuck with a glut of EV you are going to be stuck reading about them if you subscribe to one of those mags.

...and this is why I haven't subscribed to any car/motorcycle/gun magazines in years.

Stopped at a Wawa on my way to work this morning for gas and every gas pump was taken up, I look over and there are 15 Tesla charging stations in a row and not a single one occupied.

I'll never forget the research paper that came out around 07/08 that concluded a Prius caused more harm to the environment than a GM Hummer. I never looked at EV/Hybrid vehicles the same after that.

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At just a hundred miles a month, I'd buy a tank of fuel for my car once every five to six months.

Eh, maybe, but there’d be all manner of maintenance issues - that low of a usage is really hard on an IC drivetrain.

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Stopped at a Wawa on my way to work this morning for gas and every gas pump was taken up, I look over and there are 15 Tesla charging stations in a row and not a single one occupied.

Yep. But keep in mind that Tesla is trying to put their chargers everywhere they can in an effort to sell their vehicles. They have their own agenda.

Again, as a 10 year EV driver (whopping 84 mile range when new, but the lease + buying it from them as lease end was right under $20k and I charge it via the sun), EV’s are not the boogie man or the devil, or anything else. And the great thing about them, is that they use American made power. All gas, a portion comes from the Middle East, a place which I loathe.

So EV’s can be good for our great country. They can be a way to be energy independent. The problem is like woke bullshit, the industry, trying to push the fuck out of them. Thankfully there is currently a pullback by the auto mfr’s. GM yesterday buying back billions worth of stock, and it’s down to their ICE sales, not EV’s. And Toyota is calling bullshit on this RAPID EV push and they are the biggest automobile mfr on the planet.

EV’s are a solid solution for the commuter vehicle, daily beater/driver, and that’s it. And IMO, only if you can attain one for a reasonable price like a new economy commuter gas type vehicle, such as a Corolla hatchback. $40k, 50k, and above, they just don’t make any sense economically.

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Stopped at a Wawa on my way to work this morning for gas and every gas pump was taken up

Local WaWa usually has a bunch of unattended cars just sitting at the pumps while the drivers are inside buying lottery tickets or whatever they're doing.