12-06-2025, 07:38 AM
Since most auto manufacturers are moving away from petrol cars, and claim that electric cars are more sustainable, are they really? Because electric cars put large loads on the grid which already burns fossil fuels
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Are electric vehicles sustainable
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13-06-2025, 07:52 AM
(This post was last modified: 13-06-2025, 07:55 AM by Comicgeek95.)
Ever since the mandate was lifted most manufacturers are moving away not toward electric cars. Toyota has stated they will not make them, there’s no profit.
The issue is electric cars are just as bad if not worse for the environment than gas. Yes a change needs to be found but electric isn’t it, at least not how it is now.
The rare metals will run out faster than petroleum. The mining is more intensive and more damaging both to the earth and to the miners. Then once the batteries die, there’s no way to recycle them and they cost about as much as a new car. Not worth it
The future is probably hydrogen.
In a city it’s great but take the US for example. Younger out of the city and there’s pretty much no charging stations. We don’t have the power grid to support building them in the quantity needed and won’t for probably about 100 years.
Then wouldn’t to take a 14 hour road trip then add an additional 3 hours to it for charging your vehicle when it takes 15 minutes or less to fuel it up?
I can see their use in mass transit and things like that but for every day consumers it won’t happen.
In a city it’s great but take the US for example. Younger out of the city and there’s pretty much no charging stations. We don’t have the power grid to support building them in the quantity needed and won’t for probably about 100 years.
Then wouldn’t to take a 14 hour road trip then add an additional 3 hours to it for charging your vehicle when it takes 15 minutes or less to fuel it up?
I can see their use in mass transit and things like that but for every day consumers it won’t happen.
The issue is electric cars are just as bad if not worse for the environment than gas. Yes a change needs to be found but electric isn’t it, at least not how it is now.
The rare metals will run out faster than petroleum. The mining is more intensive and more damaging both to the earth and to the miners. Then once the batteries die, there’s no way to recycle them and they cost about as much as a new car. Not worth it
The future is probably hydrogen.
In a city it’s great but take the US for example. Younger out of the city and there’s pretty much no charging stations. We don’t have the power grid to support building them in the quantity needed and won’t for probably about 100 years.
Then wouldn’t to take a 14 hour road trip then add an additional 3 hours to it for charging your vehicle when it takes 15 minutes or less to fuel it up?
I can see their use in mass transit and things like that but for every day consumers it won’t happen.
In a city it’s great but take the US for example. Younger out of the city and there’s pretty much no charging stations. We don’t have the power grid to support building them in the quantity needed and won’t for probably about 100 years.
Then wouldn’t to take a 14 hour road trip then add an additional 3 hours to it for charging your vehicle when it takes 15 minutes or less to fuel it up?
I can see their use in mass transit and things like that but for every day consumers it won’t happen.