I Drove A Gas Car Today, For The First Time In Over A Year And A Half, After Driving My Tesla: It Was Like Going Back To A Horse And Buggy

Electric cars work ok in the cities, you have a lot of charging stations. We live in rural Northern California, real Northern California, Humboldt County, not Sacramento or San Francisco, the infra structure is not in place in rural areas like ours which includes mountains and long distances between towns. We are 5 hours north of San Francisco, there are two charging stations between Santa Rosa and Eureka. When the state of California can make it accessible for everyone to have the same opportunities for charging then maybe we’ll be on board, but right now it doesn’t work for us. I’m sure Mr Johnson isn’t interested in our concerns because we only have 120,000 people in 6.000 sq miles. But we do live in God’s country I’ve been told.

Do you actually know how much of the earth that gets compromised by making one electric battery probably not toxicities in the tire wear for one electric car is 25 times more the pollution than a gas car did you know that probably not. Did you know that the area that is extracted for the lithium can no longer be lived upon this earth by any human. Probably not you have an educated yourself on lithium battery Extraction have anyone in this post ever thought about this? It’s more harmful for the earth to make electric cars.

I’ll bet that tesla drive can’t ride a bike anymore.

Totally ridiculous article. Both of our subarus have a bright red start button, backup camera, cross traffic warning, etc. This guy is a moron and doesn't mention that after about 300 milesa full recharge takes from 6 to 32 hours, depending on battery. Plus, only one charging station within 50 miles of out house. It would take usan additional 2 weeks of driving to visit relatives in Seattle. Not to mention spontaneous combustion issues, battery replacement issues, etc
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I would rather drive a horse an buggy than an old, tiny, underpowered, Honda Fit. How about comparing it to a modern Subaru Forester or Toyota RAV4??? This article is a shill for electric cars!

Please, give me a break! It probably felt great to get back into a good, gas powered car and you don't want to admit it.

I am just the opposite of your viewpoint, as I like to keep things simple with my vehicles. I am not into touch screens, auto pilots (but do like cruise control), traction control (give me a locking axle...works much better). Two of my favorites to drive are my 1998 Chevrolet 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup with a 350 V8 and a 5 speed manual transmission and the other is a 2013 Kubota RTV 1100 C 4x4 which has a. 3 cyl diesel and an automatic transmission (absolutely no screens or other driver assists). Only does 25 mph but is a blast to drive, especially off road.

If you compare a Tesla to a 16 year old car…..yes it is like a horse and buggy. However! We go where a Tesla dare not go! We have the freedom to travel our great country! While you can only travel from charge station to charge station. And from a 45 minute quick charge to an 8 to 12-hour charge is impossible to even think of. Meanwhile, you wait for our Democratic Government to install charging locations for you. While Americans of the past built their own station as needed and earned a profit. Yet to mention that there has been no new improvement to our nation's power grid in the past 20 to 30 years!

For big cities, I fully agree that EV are the way to go. But for those of us, the majority, EV are not a reliable mode of transportation! Since you are dictated to only going 200 to 300 miles to the next charge station and heaven help you if someone is already using it!

It is the future! But a lot has to be done before this nation can change!

If in a short time of 21 months you forgot how to drive yourself and became dependant on the vehicle driving you turn in your license you are a hazard to others.

Keep ur Tesla I am staying with gas newer cars have similar features to what u describe and as far as range can go a lot further in distance

As a fellow EV owner this is absolutely ridiculous.

Guaranteed they won’t post my comment because this site is probably run by commie democrats. Watch and see.

Wait until your battery needs replacing. You will wish you had the "horse and buggy" back. You either buy a 10K battery for a 10K car or try to sell it to someone willing to put out 10K for a new battery on a 10K car. Keep drinking the cool aid.

We need to stick with what we know. The only thing wrong with fueled vehicles is Democrats driving up fuel prices. Plus, if your EV breaks down, you can bet a diesel truck will be there to tow it in. And don’t even try to assert problems with the ozone depletion hoax. smh🙄

Sure, and I had a hard time going from a 2022 Sierra Denali to a 2008 Jeep as well. What you will have a really hard time doing is forking out $20k to replace the battery in your Tesla when it dies in a couple of years and also all of the environmental damage it causes by mining the materials for the battery.

Give me the horse 🐴 and buggy car anytime. I grew up on a 41Chevy Coup, three on the tree manual. I now drive a 74 Chevrolet C 10 pickup, three on the tree manual. No power steering, no AC, no power brakes, no cruise control. Basic carburetor engine. No fuel injection, yup, give me cars that I can work on. No plastic. All metal engine.

Here is the problem: the author (or poster) has never ever actually driven a horse and buggy. What a bunch of bull (and your horse).

I have 3 trucks with a standard shift arm and ignition key start, but my Dodge truck has a push-button start with a round shift selector. Sure, I find myself going through the motions of my Dodge ib the other trucks, but it is not like I feel like I am going backwards. EV is great if you live in a 15-minute city, but sucks if you have to drive long distant where charging stations that actually work are few and far between. My clean diesel truck is more environmentally sound than the very large carbon footprint that goes into every EV out there. It is a matter of perspective.