Never be an electric vehicle in this driveway nor an electric chainsaw in the shop. I draw the line with cordless hand tools.
Took a 1400hp purpose built gasser race car to keep up with a bone stock 1020hp Tesla.
No way would I ever buy a Tesla because I don't finance anything and besides, they aren't sold here in Michigan anyway.
I have an attorney friend who has a pretty new Tesla sport model which is supposed to turn incredible thousand foot times but it still does not compare to my son's gasser that lifts one of it's front wheel off the line. I have been building high performance street cars for sixty years and enjoy the process. We very much enjoy getting up Saturday morning and driving a few miles to our Coffee and Cars show in La Quinta CA. No sign of any Teslas there. ThanksThey have a pretty sizable advantage out of the hole over anything ICE due to the instant torque and no parasitic losses in drive train.
I have a pretty large Timber project that I could use a battery powered saw to cut all the logs but at the moment using electric power is not practical. Unless there were huge benefits going electric there will only be gas powered equipment for the foreseeable future. Thanks
I know plenty of people with Electric battery and plug in that are quite happy for the occasional tree trimming and breaking down fallen branches. Then they call someone in if it's something big.Bet there are more electric saws sold today than gas saws.
Electric isn't for everyone, but to say there will only be gas powered equipment for the foreseeable future isn't accurate either.
If you've seen the EV thread on this forum you would know I'm not one to stick up for EV. And i get the satisfaction of building your own car and running it. But the fact is, the top Tesla Model can and will outrun all but one or 2 production built cars. The Plaid model consistently turns 1/4 mile times in the mid 9's. There is a guy on YT that did something like 40+ passes back to back on a single charge. All passes were under 10 seconds. His last pass the battery capacity read 20% and still ran in the 9's. That's pretty dang impressive.I have an attorney friend who has a pretty new Tesla sport model which is supposed to turn incredible thousand foot times but it still does not compare to my son's gasser that lifts one of it's front wheel off the line. I have been building high performance street cars for sixty years and enjoy the process. We very much enjoy getting up Saturday morning and driving a few miles to our Coffee and Cars show in La Quinta CA. No sign of any Teslas there. Thanks
I don't buy that because under Michigan law if a manufacturer don't have a manufacturing presence in the state, they cannot sell their cars at retail. The might be multi line dealers but no way are they Tesla only dealers. Cannot do it and I didn't make the law.
By 0.75, do you mean 75% efficient? Want to make sure I steel-man your argument before I disagree with you.Small two-stroke gasoline engines can
have a efficiency rating up to 0.75
( usually around 0.4 to 0.55 ) .
Having been a dealer in Michigan, I've got to call you out on that. No such rule.I don't buy that because under Michigan law if a manufacturer don't have a manufacturing presence in the state, they cannot sell their cars at retail. The might be multi line dealers but no way are they Tesla only dealers. Cannot do it and I didn't make the law.
Won't buy one anyway. I don't do 'toaster cars' in the first place.
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