[ExI] evs again

[Brent Allsop]

All the cars have converted to the Tesla charging standard haven't they?
Or they now have adapters.
I don't think anyone uses those non Musk chargers anymore?



On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM Gregory Jones via extropy-chat <
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> 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 <
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>> 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.
>> <
>> https://www.perplexity.ai/search/research-do-electric-cars-wear-zzvf4jpnQZOOnrmLdnAJJA#0
>> >
>> BillK
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