Amid the incessant push from Democrats for their all-electric vehicle utopia, flaws in the idea have begun coming to the forefront. The first question most have raised is the United States power grid not being able to produce enough electricity to charge all the batteries, especially if the primary source is green energy.
But automakers are also starting to see the light. After trying to force basic consumers into buying electric, they are pulling back their backing of battery powered research. Instead, they are shifting back to the good old combustion engine everyone knows and prefers.
It has been a pretty sharp cliff to fall from for EV's, seeing massive declines in sales over just a six-month period. KPRC 950's High Tech Texan Michael Garfield says the flaws of all-EV are starting to get openly exposed.
"Consumers have not adopted to it...overall, EV sales are hovering around 7 to 8 percent of all cars sold...number one is the cost of it, and also, it is tough to charge these things right now because the battery infrastructure in the US is just not up to snuff," he says.
Of the companies who have pushed hard on the EV side, Ford recently announced they are pulling back on EV investment, after losing $4.7 billion last year on the battery-powered side of things. They project to lose even more this year, around $5 billion in total.
They are beginning to realize that no matter how hard they try, Americans just do not want EV's.
"Consumers are not buying them...there are tons of EV's on dealership lots waiting to be bought," he says.
But Democrats and the Biden Administration have sworn up and down that this is the wave of the future and have even offered big incentives to buying electric.
They got too confident, and to use an old term, they put the cart before the horse.
"To realize the benefits of these...you need battery chargers everywhere you go," he says. "You need to have one at home, which is yet another expense."
The high cost is not the lone factor, though. There are fears from the consumer about the distance some of these EV's can travel on a single charge.
"Some of these have a range of only 200 or 300 miles...that barely gets you from Houston to Dallas," he says. "A lot of these chargers on the road are broken...sometimes you have to wait for other cars first...consumers are not used to that."
This is all leading to a revival from companies of the hybrid, and pumping production numbers up. Which, while it has been a punchline for years, is actually a decent option.
"They are more efficient...they still get you the miles per gallon equivalent anywhere between 60 or 80 miles per gallon...I think long-term, that may be the answer," he says. "Pound of pound right now, a true hybrid is the vehicle of choice."
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