From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 12/6/23 9:54 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 10:02:23 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:   
   >> On 12/5/23 10:30 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>> On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 12:25:16 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:   
   >>>> On 12/4/23 10:03 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>>>> On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 5:12:51 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 12/3/23 7:21 PM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>>>>>> "Sticker shock" has taken on a whole new meaning when new electric   
   vehicle owners get their first repair bill following a simple fender bender.   
   The Wall Street Journal reports that a San Francisco resident got in a minor   
   accident with his    
   electric truck. He thought that repairs would be "a couple-thousand-dollar   
   bill from the repair shop and to be without his truck for a couple of weeks."   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Instead, the first-time EV owner was shocked to get a $22,000 bill for   
   repairs that took 2 1/2 months.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> One big issue.....potentially damaged battery packs have to be treated   
   like a ticking time bomb.   
   >>>>>> What a sad anecdote. Good thing EVs are so expensive only people who can   
   >>>>>> afford to repair them can buy them in the first place.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> In more typical cases, minor accident repairs for small EVs are "27%   
   >>>>>> more than the average for roughly comparable non-EV models," and 53%   
   >>>>>> more for SUVs according to sources quoted in Forbes.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> You forgot to include the damage caused to other vehicles due to the EVs   
   fat mass.   
   >>>> No, you did.   
   >>>   
   >>> Why do I have to do everything for you?   
   >> So not only do I have to make your argument for you, I have to   
   >> anticipate and make arguments you think you should have made?   
   >   
   >   Simple facts.   Everyone will suffer the crushing weight of the EV   
   conversion.   
      
   Where were you when CAFE loopholes led to the present market domination   
   by 6000-pound trucks and SUVs?   
      
   https://www.thedrive.com/news/small-cars-are-getting-huge-are-fu   
   l-economy-regulations-to-blame   
      
   I'll have more respect for your concern over EV curb weight when you   
   come out against the Ford 150, etc.   
      
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