Carscoops
After someone hit Joy Wanner’s [Fisker] Ocean while the door was open, the damage appeared to be minor. But lo and behold, less than a month later, the insurance company deemed the electric SUV from the struggling startup teetering on the brink of bankruptcy a total loss. More
Fisker is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy (here) with hopes for a white knight to buy them out. Here
aaaaaand….she bought another EV…
You can’t fix stupid!
No insurance company is willing to take on the risk of an EV – no matter how slight.
Why should we???
Great moments in unexpected consequences.
These will end up like Daewoo cars. People were having “accidents” hoping to get their car totaled.
Lets see now. A little grinding, bondo, sanding, priming and painting. A little MIG welding to repair the hinge. All fixed for you Hon.
OMG – years ago we rented a Daewoo…once! Whutta piece of shit!!
The power window fell down (mechanically wonky – no getting it up again) and the engine quit 50 miles down the road. My policy was NO DAEWOOS. I later revised that to NO FORDS.
Is Daewoo Korean for POS.
Buying an off brand like that is the problem, That is not limited to being an EV. That brand of car company is going BANKRUPT and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out when you go to buy that person bought the thing
Harry you have proven yourself on the last EV thread to be a TOTAL BAFOON. Tesla Ev’s do get the equivalent of 115 mpg while you say THEY CAN”T POSSIBLY be efficient because they are so HEAVY. My chevy Bolt has more cargo space than my Mercedes did and it weighs less.
And Brad proves his stupidity stating the grid CAN’T HANDLE EV’s. I drove 1200 miles a month last year on average with my EV. my electric bill was $30 higher on average. In the spring it is $120. In the summer with both AC’s on it is $650. EV’s are charged at night. How can the grid handle my AC units but can’t handle $30 extra a month to charge the thing?
You, Brad and ECP are the biggest frauds I have ever encountered on this message board.
I am off to my club now so yall have fun being fraudulent.
ECP will tell you I am hyping EV’s. I have never told anyone here they should buy one but I don’t lie about them to like you 3 do.
Even the most minor damage to an EV’s battery can result in the vehicle being declared totaled. Repair shops and insurance companies don’t want the liability if later that battery explodes/catches fire.
Jpm – while you say THEY CAN”T POSSIBLY be efficient because they are so HEAVY.
I never said that. What I said was that EV technology is still evolving and that batteries are heavy, but think about if they were closer to the weight of gas think about how much further they could go.
Get the quote right BUFFOON!
“And Brad proves his stupidity stating the grid CAN’T HANDLE EV’s.”
God Damn I’m getting tired of being insulted here. I’ll try and stay calm.
Dear Jpm, I’ve offered proof of documentation for my argument. You have not offered anything other than you opinion. I believe IOTWReports has even run threads suggesting the same. I suggest you do more research.
Thank You
Regards
Chief Shit Disturber
Brad
“And Brad proves his stupidity stating the grid CAN’T HANDLE EV’s. I drove 1200 miles a month last year on average with my EV. my electric bill was $30 higher on average. In the spring it is $120. In the summer with both AC’s on it is $650”
What the FUCK does that have to do with the Grid and it’s capacity? You don’t understand what I’m trying to tell you. And your light years from being able to quantify what the grid can handle. Toyota was not.
Well at least he’s going to the club… the imagination goes off the chain with that one!
Would that be the Bonehead Club where their motto is:
“to learn more and more about less and less until we eventually shall know everything there is to know about absolutely nothing at all”
An BTW, if yer gonna call me a Bufoon, at least get the spelling right… BUFFOON!
“…off to my club.”
Well, allrighty.
I generally listen up when I see our machinist/company owner begin to expound on something. Of course when it’s weapons, I’m all ears.
Someone that runs a business & employees and deals with thousands of an inch isn’t usually stupid.
Brad and Harry should stop making me laugh tonight. On second thought, don’t.
My take… Someone that runs a business & employees and deals with the proverbial RCH isn’t stupid at all!
I was getting new tires put on my truck and a guy in a Tesla was raising hell with the manager about his tires wearing out every 16k miles. I couldn’t help but smile. A 3 ton car with 650hp and he thinks a 50K mile tire designed for a car half his car’s weight and a third of his HP is going to last long? Some EV owners are a special kind of stupid.
I should say small fractions of an RCH!
Tsquared – A nuther so-called “benefit” of EVs.
Heavy car, heave suspension, heavy duty tires and heavy duty brakes. More pollution with tire dust, brake dust and highway wear! Yeah baybee… That’s the ticket!!
Buy a $20,000 car and a $60,000 battery.
How fucking stupid can you get
To make it simple enough for JPM to unerstand, my whole argument is about weight, watts and horspower. It simply doesn’t make sense to get a 5 or 6,000 pound battering ram to haul around a 170lb human.
WE’RE GOING THE WRONG WAY FOLKS!!
Hammer it to fit, paint it to match.
SOME stupid people are barley smart enough to know they fucked up.
AND, they want a ‘re-do’ in hopes that their STUPIDITY can be sanctioned.
IF EVs were viable, the government wouldn’t have to sanction them and the manufacturer wouldn’t have to take a loss for selling them.
Correction;
….the government wouldn’t have to subsidize them….
^^^ Keerect!
@ Jpm MONDAY, 29 APRIL 2024, 17:58 AT 5:58 PM
… You forgot to tell us how pleased you are with your Covid shot and multiple boosters.
Everything I need to know to just stay away I figured out by considering who it is pushing the Goddamn things. If they were what they are advertised as… you do the math. They simply are not reliable and efficient transportation for the average person or family, nor have they ever been meant to be. Put on your mask and go for a ride in your glorified golf cart and stop by the club while you are at it. That way you can get your virtue signal on with the rest of those who like being told what they can and cannot do and have yourselves a good old time.
Electric cars were available well over 100 years ago. They paralleled ICE cars for the entire history of cars. The market determined they weren’t effective back then. They have popped up multiple times over the years as novelty items.
Yes, technology has made great advancements, but that goes for both EVs and ICEV’s. It looks like the market is again proving what was determined repeatedly over the past 100+ years.
This latest phase would have faded years ago if not for gubmint interference (subsidies).
“I used to have a Mercedes, but now I have a Chevy Volt”
Kinda like saying “I used to date Alina Habba, but now I’m seeing Lizzo”.
Not written by me, but i do adopt this in its entirety.
“When you’re dead, you don’t know you’re dead. The pain is felt by others.
“The same thing happens when you’re stupid.”
The batteries in Proterra electric busses are so heavy they cracked the frames on the busses. Now they’re bankrupt.
I have no quarrel with anyone who wants to own an electric car. I just don’t want the government mandating them or my tax dollars subsidizing them. And don’t tell me you’re saving the planet .
“ECP are the biggest frauds”
Yep. I’m a fraud by merely stating EVs aren’t practical. It makes more sense to spend your money on something more practical.
Practical in terms of vehicles are tools. EVs restrict your ability to use them as intended in comparison to a gasoline vehicle.
It’s like having a pair of scissors, but you can’t use them for cutting paper unless you can find a place to charge them, wait for that charge, your geographical area in where to use them is restricted, and interact with them with your left hand instead of your right. Oh, and they cost more than your unrestricted legacy scissors.
Look out everyone, I’m a fraud.
Those of us who understand the Laws of Physics are inviolable, also believe the US Constitution, as written, states clearly the truth that established us as a great nation.
The ones who deny either, are typically the stoopids, the shameless parasites, or LAWYERS.
ANYONE who bought an EV should proclaim that it is SO great that they would’ve bought it WITHOUT financial assistance from the Goobermint. And proceed to send that back to the broke fed to ease their insatiable deficit spending.
What? You won’t give up that freebie? Then shut up about your shit car purchase.
I’m considering changing my name to Harry Eyeball (the proud Buffoon)…
^ You Rat Fink!