Having had an electronic repair shop for 10 years, I can tell you that the problems you are going to face with speed controllers, windings burning out, bearings, and a whole slew of other problems, E.V.'s aren't going to be the maintenance free car you may think they will be. I'll know how to fix that kind of stuff, I have O'Scopes and circuit tracers, in circuit capacitor testers (that you have to be licensed to own), but the average person or backyard mechanic won't. I do see an increasing I.C.E. parts industry booming as people keep their cars going, fixing them, converting them to propane, or doing any modification if necessary for synthetic fuel.
I don't know anyone who can afford a $100K pickup. I know people who lease trucks close to that amount, and are constantly looking for good used trucks so they can get out of their lease. I know a lot of people who lease E.V.'s and I.C.E. vehicles, and it costs them a lot. They rent condos, or apartments, and are paying off massive student loans for jobs that don't pay what they thought they would. I doubt they will ever be able to own a home, which is paying yourself rent, and getting all the equity from that process.
If I had a good back, using a Prius battery pack, I could make my own Hybrid, it's really not that hard to do, but you have to be in good physical strength to do that, so I'm going to build a trike within a couple of years. That may be an E.V., it depends on the consumer available parts that are becoming more and more available. With a hub motor, it could be 3 wheel drive too, which means, 1, 2, or 3 wheel drive, as you can turn the motors on and off, using the off ones a brakes for regenerative braking. Lots of possibilities.
I don't know anyone who can afford a $100K pickup. I know people who lease trucks close to that amount, and are constantly looking for good used trucks so they can get out of their lease. I know a lot of people who lease E.V.'s and I.C.E. vehicles, and it costs them a lot. They rent condos, or apartments, and are paying off massive student loans for jobs that don't pay what they thought they would. I doubt they will ever be able to own a home, which is paying yourself rent, and getting all the equity from that process.
If I had a good back, using a Prius battery pack, I could make my own Hybrid, it's really not that hard to do, but you have to be in good physical strength to do that, so I'm going to build a trike within a couple of years. That may be an E.V., it depends on the consumer available parts that are becoming more and more available. With a hub motor, it could be 3 wheel drive too, which means, 1, 2, or 3 wheel drive, as you can turn the motors on and off, using the off ones a brakes for regenerative braking. Lots of possibilities.
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