https://www.wkbw.com/news/state-new...icles-in-new-york-to-be-electric-by-2035


How long is a 1 Ton Pickup Truck going to be able to plow driveways , if it is all electric ?

Depends on how much battery technology advances in the next 14 years. It's advanced slot in the last 14 years.

It's going to be everywhere, not just ny.

Elon and others have made a lot of advancements in batteries. Tesla is supposed to be building a class 8 semi with a 500 mile range right now.
A lot of semis, busses, cargo vans etc are already in the works. I'm sure they could handle a snowplow pickup too.

https://www.greenbiz.com/article/keep-your-eyes-these-9-electric-truck-and-van-companies-2021

That new company on the market Quantiumscape is trying to develop a super battery right now. Probably a decent spec stock......jk

Do all these fancy new batteries require lead in their manufacture? Where we gonna get that? CHINA ? Obummer shut down the last remaining lead producing plant in the US during his term.

The batteries are not the problem. But they will have to up the grid specs and triple power production so folks can put those things on charge . A USB plug on the back end of themis just not going to handle the amps needed. Coal or Nuclear power stations to ramp up electrickery production for all those new external combustion engines ??

People are stupid. and somehow they elect the most stupid to public office

So what is going to happen to crude oil ?
won't that cause deep losses in $$$$ for the mega rich ?

No, they gotta produce the power to charge these somehow. People are stupid, but most people learn at least a little from experience. They have tried electric cars a few times, they always fizzle out and go away because they aren't viable for the average person. So now we get idiots trying to legislate them into existence.

Electric cars will be a nightmare for your pocket $$$$
huge boondoggle !

Forget about working on your car and saving a buck or two $$$$
they will make them so technologically difficult you won't dare to go near 'em to repair anything

Consumption of fossil fuels will continue. While I think smog will be reduced in big cities, it will be increased in less populated areas where the electricity is generated. That may make AOC happy at the expense of country folks whose air quality is reduced.

Truth.

Or cheat their way in

This is the exact mindset mechanics had when fuel injection came out. Too hard to work on, too expensive, blah blah blah. They figured it out.

Technology advances, and as a.mechanic you can either keep up with training and tools or get left in the dust.

I heard on the news that to pay for the e-car infrastructure, we're going to see more NYS taxes on our gas. Even if this lunacy goes away, I doubt the tax will..

Off road vehicles, ROFLMAO, you’ll be able to pull up to your local gin mill and charge your snowmobile, ATV, utv. Where is all the electricity going to come from ? We will take all of the Ag land and cut all of the forests and cover with solar panels and windmills.

Yeah, lose farmland and clear cut woods for solar and wind farms..ludicrous. At some point we have to stand up and say No

They won't. You won't be allowed to plow snow or use ice melt.

CB, you are not visualizing the snow plowing correctly...The truck plows the end of the driveway and then just plugs a lead cord into the house power...Maybe it's even retractable and spools in and out while the truck is plowing...Using the electrical power from the house (which likely is provided by the local nuclear or coal plant) will be part of the plowing contract...Come on man, think outside the box a little!!