I've had this debate with many ppl and you are right.
What's even worse is that look at states like California. During peak energy usage, they have rolling black outs because the energy usage is too great during the middle of a heat wave and everyone is home with their AC's on.

I think this is more likely unless they can find a better way to store energy while using less of the metals that they currently use now.

Plug-in Hybrids are great, every Tesla that rolls off the factory floor we have enough battery capacity for 10 plug-ins and saves way more in emissions. We are nowhere close to being able to roll out all EV in the next 30 years, not when people treat range like they do trucks. The more the better even though they won't use even 10% of it on a daily.

It's the mentality.
For over 100 years, people went to the gas station to fill up their tanks, not get 80% of their tanks filled.
Plus, you have the occasional cheapie that wants every last nickel and dime and must get their EV charged to 100% even though it takes an hr to get the last 5% charge.

I have a standard 40 kwh Leaf and never have range anxiety. But I do agree, I would need a ICE vehicle if I was to drive to Kelowna or further.
I've taken the leaf to Whistler, stopped off in Squamish for dinner and a quick charge and all was good.

Maybe eventually people will catch on to the fact that it's way cheaper to have a little city car daily and just rent something big for the one or two roadtrips a year that they do.

Never understood why people never discuss this fact. There is definitely a finite resource equation here that does not allow for 100% EV feasibility on the roads, that point is never discussed.

The hybrid model seems to be the most realistic here, we just need to see them lower in cost to see more on the road overall.

For those of you not on the Automotive Alliance FB group, an FRS that got a VI 2-3 weeks ago got pulled over in east van. $2k tickets and box 1 as usual, but this time Cain is keeping the car for up to 90 days and inspecting it at a shop of his choosing. Car seems like it is basically stock with aftermarket DOT/SAE lights.

Dude definitely pissed off Cain lol.

The grid may not be able to handle it but majority of Canadians want an electric car. The price of a Tesla Model 2 when released should around the same price as a Civic. Who is going to want a Civic over a Tesla?

https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...889637501.html


Ford is going all electric in Europe by 2030.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/ford-is...2030-1.5312198

Audi going all electric by 2030.

https://driving.ca/audi/auto-news/ne...ustion-engines

Jaguar all electric by 2025
https://driving.ca/jaguar/auto-news/...-range-by-2030

Many other companies are doing the same.

By 2035 the only people buying gas cars are going to be people that can't afford an electric car. By 2050 the only people buying gas cars are going to be the rich who can afford to run and maintain them.

Let's see the FRS. I bet it's redonk.

You are correct.

Aftermarket lighting, CF Hood, Aftermarket Exhaust is no where near stock. It's a VI magnet.

I am not 100% certain, but it might have a turbo under the hood too.

It never ceases to amaze me how "pretty much stock" a car is when someone says that... :pokerface:

But I will say that aesthetically, the car is nicely done up.

Here’s the photo

https://i.ibb.co/Qm4mH8P/1-E794-FF7-...4-E9010-FD.jpg

Going off on a tangent for this thread, but reminds me of cellphone charging. Who else starts getting battery anxiety when their phone hits below 70% charge like I do? :badpokerface:

That's tamer than I thought...

Smoked tails?
Cop take his plates?
Nvidia N1?

I see a Black ICE air freshener I bet those tail lights are more smoked than my salmon.

It's been years since I got a VI but when I got box 1'd the copper took my plates since the car is immediately no longer road legal

Yeah it's tamer than what I thought.

I mean I was picturing a rocket bunny monstrosity with a chassis mount wing, and blast pipes.

The headlights look like OEM projectors that are painted inside?

I'd be intrigued if the tail lights are just smoked, or what the deal is. Suspension looks stock, and wheels are stock.

Guy is looking for OEM parts on FB FRS page.

Smoked tails, Smoked Lights, Lowered, Headers, Loud exhuast

If that’s the FRS I see from time to time the exhaust is obnoxious af

Did it have a huge wing before?

How the heck did he pass his first VI then?

LOL, there was so much arguing on FB that his headlights and taillights were just black housing, now they are smoked?

had to leave that facecbook group after only a few days

when that guy with D plate brought the officer's race and mom up during the traffic stop

Where do all these kids get this kind of money? He's parting out a wack load of parts on FB, that must be an old pic of the car in the earlier photo, and he's even got a Turbo on it.

There's some entitlement in the group, but at least it's data points.

https://i.ibb.co/0tLqQVb/FB-IMG-1617906528892.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/GnhypjP/FB-IMG-1617906524908.jpg

Not sure of these photos work but here are the infractions that the FRS received

7.03(5)


Noise increase or flames prohibited
(5)No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine equipped with a muffler or exhaust system to which is attached any device which increases the noise of the expulsion of the gases from the engine or allows a flame to be emitted from the exhaust system.

So everyone is fucked?

Can you fight unnecessary noise? And failure to comply?