[ExI] evs again

[Gregory Jones]

Hey cool, invest in new parking structures to deal with the additional
weight?

spike

On Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 2:13 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 at 03:09, spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Regarding EVs leaving rubber on the road: I didn’t know that, but really
>> what I am hoping for is that lots and lots of people will buy EVs so we can
>> have a power reserve in case of the Singularity happening sooner than I
>> expect.  Millions of people buy EVs, sooner or later Musk is going to be
>> proven right, enraged mobs will burn Teslas by the millions, then we have
>> all the electric power we need.  That’s an example of betting on what we
>> think rather than what we want.
>>
>>
>>
>> spike
>>
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> It's mostly due to electric cars being much heavier and the instant torque
> delivery of the transmission.
> Tyres wear 25% to 50% faster. There is also some concern that older
> multi-storey car parks might not cope well with the extra weight when
> filling up with electric cars.
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> https://www.perplexity.ai/search/research-do-electric-cars-wear-zzvf4jpnQZOOnrmLdnAJJA#0
> >
> BillK
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