I have no idea what you're trying to say slippyrocks, but just to answer your title: Probably because he likes ICE's.
Personally, I believe the electric car is a farce.
- It is uneconomical (people are only buying it because it is so heavily subsidized, both on the manufacturing side and the purchasing side).
- It actually pollutes more than a gas vehicle does (according to studies I have read, and the amount of pollution/energy put into manufacturing Li-on batteries, not to mention the coal-fired plants that produce the electricity used to charge them).
- It isn't practical. The range is terrible, the charge times are horrendous, and the capacity is usually slim.
On the plus side, it does have 100% torque available at any RPM range, which is nice. Way too many negatives that are going unsolved (and being hidden) though.
I don't even know where to begin poking holes in your points.
-Electric cars cost significantly less per mile than fossil fuel. Yes, they cost more upfront. Much, much less day to day.
-No, they don't pollute more, your an idiot for believing this. Pollution=energy consumed, and EVs consume much less energy over their lifetimes. You remind me of an old girlfriend that insisted manufacturing a CPU burned more oil than an SUV....but couldn't explain why they didn't subsequently cost $10,000 to account for that huge cost of production.
-Perhaps you drive 100+ miles a day, but I don't. And neither does 99% of the USA. Explain why a car that goes 100 miles isn't sufficient for an average commute of 30 miles? Explain why charging time is relevant when you use your car for less than an hour out of the day? Do you bitch your cellphone doesn't charge in 30 seconds? Why not? Cause it doesn't matter
The first electric car I built used a 30+ year old forklift motor from Bulgaria. I could roast the tires in 3rd gear, drive 40 miles for $1 in "fuel", and only 1 moving part in the motor means reliability you can't even dream of.
But go ahead, keeping buying oil by the barrel and new engines every few years. LOL - every time you swipe that card at the pump and drop another $40 into that tank, remember, somewhere out there, AmpEater is mocking you
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