Casper Electric mini SUV begins mass productionThe inaugural Casper Electric, Hyundai Motor Co.’s all-electric compact SUV, is showcased at a ceremony marking the model’s full-dressed production at Gwangju Global Motors, a Hyundai Motor contract manufacturer based in Gwangju, some 270 kilometers southwest of Seoul, on July 15, 2024. (Yonhap)
Flyingsword, I once agreed… I still agree under most circumstances.
However, Korea, much like my juicy girl, is different.
Korea is a small country without long-distance driving requirements, an expanding charging infrastructure, and a nuclear program to back that all up.
As imported energy is Korea’s biggest trade expense, electrification makes sense.
Bonus: Korea is doing the same thing with flying cars. All the flight paths, communications systems, and procedures are being laid out now.
The future is coming.
Flyingsword
4 months ago
CH, all good till EV battery melts down and your apartment fills with toxic smoke…..the future is coming but it is not necessarily better.
ChickenHead
4 months ago
Before making any statements, I would need to calculate ratios of cars and incidents, overall factors such as societal cost and savings, incident management technologies, total pollution of hydrocarbons vs lithium, etc.
And a lot of other stuff.
I don’t have those numbers so I cannot form a truly valid opinion.
My “feeling” is that issues such as battery fires will decrease as the technology matures with the economy of scale and pollution (not “carbon”) reduction has a net benefit.
Flyingsword, solidstate batteries that are fireproof are just around the corner in a couple of years, with over 1000km or 650 miles range per charge. Charging times are getting faster with longer range. Only the US is falling behind badly, as it’s anti-EV. That’s going to effect your economic competitiveness.
ChickenHead
4 months ago
Flyingsword, I wouldn’t own an EV in America.
In Korea, they make sense due to range, weather, ease of charging, etc.
Bonus: By luck(?), I have an EV charging station but I have no EV. When I find a used one too cheap to pass up, I plan to buy it. Then, my opinion will be more valid.
EVs are a F’ing joke.
Flyingsword, I once agreed… I still agree under most circumstances.
However, Korea, much like my juicy girl, is different.
Korea is a small country without long-distance driving requirements, an expanding charging infrastructure, and a nuclear program to back that all up.
As imported energy is Korea’s biggest trade expense, electrification makes sense.
Bonus: Korea is doing the same thing with flying cars. All the flight paths, communications systems, and procedures are being laid out now.
The future is coming.
CH, all good till EV battery melts down and your apartment fills with toxic smoke…..the future is coming but it is not necessarily better.
Before making any statements, I would need to calculate ratios of cars and incidents, overall factors such as societal cost and savings, incident management technologies, total pollution of hydrocarbons vs lithium, etc.
And a lot of other stuff.
I don’t have those numbers so I cannot form a truly valid opinion.
My “feeling” is that issues such as battery fires will decrease as the technology matures with the economy of scale and pollution (not “carbon”) reduction has a net benefit.
But it doesn’t matter what I think.
EVs and nuclear are coming no matter what.
The more you know: https://www.youtube.com/@mguytv
Flyingsword, solidstate batteries that are fireproof are just around the corner in a couple of years, with over 1000km or 650 miles range per charge. Charging times are getting faster with longer range. Only the US is falling behind badly, as it’s anti-EV. That’s going to effect your economic competitiveness.
Flyingsword, I wouldn’t own an EV in America.
In Korea, they make sense due to range, weather, ease of charging, etc.
Bonus: By luck(?), I have an EV charging station but I have no EV. When I find a used one too cheap to pass up, I plan to buy it. Then, my opinion will be more valid.