Originally Posted by Rory McNeil
Funny thing is, many of Henrys Motel T Fords are still around, 100 years later.You still see them in parades and at car shows every weekend in the summer. Even a few Detroit Electric and Stanley Steamers , you know, the "new" technology that was going to make internal combustion engines obsolete in the 1920s, can be seen in a museum now & then. I wonder how many of these Teslas, and other electric cars will still be on the road, in say, 15 or 20 years from now. Certainly a car that costs $100,000 to buy should be able to last much longer than a "normal" fossil fuel vehicle, right? Electric may be fine in the big cites, but now that I am living in a semi rural area, even a gas/electric hybrid, like a Toyota Prius is a rare sight to see, and in the 4 months since I moved, I have seen exactly ZERO Teslas, where they were a daily occurance in Vancouver. Long distances, hot or cold climates, hills and towing, all kill the claimed range of an electric car. Considering most on this site, (at least those that actually race a car), have a large truck or SUV , to tow a trailer hundreds or thousands of miles to race, I just can`t see electric making much of a dent. And highly unlikely that campers or RVers, criss crossing North America on vacation, will be happy to plug in an electric Winnebago for 2 hours, every 2 hours, on their way to Wally World.
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