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Originally Posted by 1965gp
New car sales today are what 5-10% electric?
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For the very first time, new electric car sales broke 5% of the US market in the 2nd quarter of this year.
It only took artificially skyrocketing gas prices due to constraints on domestic fossil fuels, a shortage of new ICE cars available to purchase and a ton of misinformation by climate extremists to achieve this.
Electric cars have some benefits for some uses. But so do ICE's. Some people understand that and are willing to let both exist. Others, not so much.
One thing is for certain. To achieve a much higher percentage of EV sales, dramatic improvements will have to be made to our electric grid to support the charging of these EV's.
And with 61% of of all electricity generated in the US coming from fossil fuels, what is being accomplished with the mandate (current or proposed) of 100% EV sales by 2035?
Electricity prices are already up about 16% over last year. With increased demand, additional plants will need to be brought online and with those construction costs passed on to consumers, electric rates will continue to rise dramatically.
I don't believe that in 12 model years (the 2023's are already out), that any state will be able to handle 100% EV sales with their electric grid.
It's just not feasible and it's just not needed.