Hey pints, I never get why people like you keep embarrassing yourselves the way that you do...
You see a snippet of information in one of your news silos and re-post them without understanding either the context or background.
I really do not understand what satisfaction you get out of that.
If you really want to understand the facts behind the french "EV bone yard", I suggest you read the following:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/electric-cars-abandoned-france/Or, if your French is any good, try reading this article:
https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/autolib/reportage-que-vont-devenir-les-encombrantes-autolib-entassees-dans-le-cimetiere-de-romorantin_4328845.htmlThe following provides a rough English translation:
https://newsbeezer.com/franceeng/reporting-what-will-become-of-the-clumsy-autolib-that-has-piled-up-in-romorantins-cemetery/Amongst the many misrepresentations, I find the most hilarious one was that the batteries had actually already been removed from all the vehicles shown in the picture... which made the comment about "battery toxins leaking into the soil" all the more ridiculous.
And then there is poor old Philip Carlson...
Pints, are you trying to say that only EV drivers ever get ripped off by car companies?!?
Or are you trying to say that
all EV drivers are being ripped off by car companies?!?
I am a bit confused... as for Philip Carlson himself, you ought to read the following articles:
https://expressdigest.com/nissan-leaf-owner-phillip-carlson-charged-33000-for-a-new-battery-in-his-2012-electric-car/If you read towards the end of the article, you will get to the following section:
"For all he has been through, Mr Carlson would still buy an electric car – just not a Nissan Leaf. Next time, he would choose a Tesla Model 3, which unlike Nissan’s fully-electric rival has a liquid cooling system for the battery. ‘As for buying another another electric car, I’ll certainly love to,’ Mr Carlson said. ‘Given my time again I’d prefer to hold off buying the Nissan and buy the new Tesla Model 3. ‘Much better range, better support and built by a company that seems to actually care about customer and design their batteries to be water cooled.’ The Nissan Leaf, including the new 2019 model, doesn’t have a water cooling mechanism for the battery. ‘That was the biggest problem with Nissan, even the new model Nissan Leaf still doesn’t water cool the battery which is why it’s dying,’ Mr Carlson said."So to be clear, Philip had an issue with his car that his car manufacturer did not want to fix (don't tell me that this never happened with ICE cars?!?). At least he is smart enough to understand advances in battery technology (hint:... that bit about "liquid cooling system for the battery") and he is sufficiently in love with green EVs, that even after his appalling experience with Nissan, he still wants to get another EV.
... damn, now I forgot... what was the point, you were actually trying to make with your post pints???