Electric Suburban / Electric Tahoe / Yukon / Escalade EV

swathdiver said:

Uncle Sam still offering tax breaks and or subsidizing them?

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randeez said:

up until 200k vehicles are sold, then it goes away iirc

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GTNator said:

I get some people still have range anxiety, but I think that’s more of a 2010 news story. Back then some electric cars got only 80 miles range per charge. Now 300 mile range is not unusual and the the Tesla Cybertruck will top out at 500 mile range. It’s just a matter of time, and not as long as some think, before range can be increased to 1000 miles and higher.

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fozzi58 said:

There's no reason why most people can't use an EV as a daily driver. My wife does 2 miles round trip to work. Her furthest commute is to our shore house about an hour away...even in summer traffic...1:30. There's no need for her to be in an Enclave and me in a Burb. An EV is fine. An EV for me is fine too really.

But those of you whom are skeptics, don't fret - gasoline will always be available. The naysayers love to claim that gas will go away 100% which is and will never be true, and that isn't included in the media's and politicians rhetoric...which leads to part of the problem and why it gets lost on a skeptical (and justly so) public. The idea is to shift the majority of commuters and transport machines(buses/trucks) that do short haul to electric/battery...and move toward solar so the power plants aren't burning coal to generate electricity.

Gasoline/Diesel will always be made available. Long haul trucking will need it. Locomotives will still need it. Millions of classic cars, motorcycles, etc will need it. Those of us that use a forum like this, are what the automotive industry considers "enthusiasts". 90% of us are not the targets of electric vehicles. Think of how many people use a car and buy it cause "its cheap" or the color, or "I like the way the headlights look". Those are the target audience for EV daily drivers. /rant

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swathdiver said:

The Enclave and Suburban are safer. Every member of my family has been seriously injured from accidents with compact cars, including me. I happily pay the "penalty" in higher fuel costs to sit up high and have greater situational awareness and longer reaction times.

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cardude2000 said:

You know we’re talking about an electic humvee right?

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swathdiver said:

If the price is right, I could see them as a good little commuter car (not me though!), going back and forth to work depending on the type and length of the commute. An EV would not be ideal to evacuate a coming natural disaster nor its aftermath without power.

Swapping out battery packs is the way to go. Pull in to an old gas station, the tech's remove your old battery cell and pop in a new one while you get a cup of over-priced coffee much like the days of the stage lines when the team of horses was exchanged while the passengers stretched their legs and grabbed a bite to eat.

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