This is the part of your post that’s closest to being factual.
Pickup of the Future?
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WyoDoug
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This is the problem I have with it. EV vehicles are still in their infancy and not ready for deployment yet. Faults need to be fixed so that vehicles last more than a few hours before needing charged and that.Early adopters problems?
Wyoming EV Road Trip Hell: Cheyenne to Casper In 15 Hours
Finding places to power-up and long waits to charge meant it took one Nissan Leaf owner 15 hours to drive from Cheyenne to Casper (178 miles).cowboystatedaily.com
Redmt
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Thanks for providing factual numbers for your survey!!
DouglasR
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What a pos.
I’ve got 60k on my oem jeep wipers.
npaden
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In the next 10 or 15 years it's going to end up where EVs are the most common vehicles and it is going to be more difficult and expensive to find a regular gas station. The caveat is the west where it is going to still take a while to sort out range issues with EVs. An average person would probably do fine with an EV as a daily driver and if they want to take a vacation out west they would just rent an ICE vehicle.
In urban areas the mega gas stations are going to be mega convenience stores with a few gas pumps and more level 3 charging stations. In rural areas the convenience stores are going to have a mix of gas and charging stations. I would imagine they are going to end up more like starbucks type places where you can sit and drink your coffee and use the WiFi and fun stuff like that while you are waiting for your car to charge.
The piece of the puzzle that is the most critical thing right now is to sort through the electric infrastructure backbone needed for all this and the increased electric generation facilities and that piece doesn't seem to be on very many peoples radar. Everyone makes fun of California and their electricity grid, but it is an issue nearly everywhere. And you can't just slap a new electric generation plant up overnight.
westbranch
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I think I have replaced my wipers on our Tundra around 4 times in 85k miles. I might just be hard on things. But it shows that even the Tundras are not perfect.
brocksw
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You're not using OEM wipers are you?
westbranch
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It might only be three times, had OEM and others.
brocksw
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In my experience, my toyota wipers have outlasted aftermarkets by a substantial margin (years vs months).
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noharleyyet
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If it weren't for tree sap, dust, and bird chit I wouldn't need wipers...every ICE windscreen wiper runs on fossil fuel generation...same as EV's realistically.
Irrelevant
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exactly. I use wipers for rain about 4 days a year, two in the spring, two in the fall. Mine are totally falling apart, but it doesn't really matter because they never get used.
Irrelevant
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The founder of a zero-emission truck venture is found guilty of fraud
Trevor Milton, the wealthy founder of Nikola Corp., was convicted of deceiving investors with exaggerated claims about his company's progress in producing zero-emission 18-wheel trucks.
www.npr.org
DouglasR
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Wow, I’d definitely think twice before getting in one of those things.
Authorities Open Investigation After Driver Claims Tesla Sped Up On It's Own & Killed 2 People!
Chinese authorities open an investigation after a driver claims his Tesla took off at high speeds while he was trying to park. Posted by Abdul
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Irrelevant
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Tesla opens its EV charge connector in the hope of making it the new standard
Tesla announced that it is opening its electric car charge connector in the hope of making it the new standard in North America.
electrek.co
BigHornRam
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Fed Plan: Wyoming To Receive 17 EV Charging Stations For $19 Million; None Likely Profitable | Cowboy State Daily
If the Wyoming Department of Transportation were to follow all the federal guidelines for a program to build and operate EV charging stations along the nation’s roadways, Wyoming would need 17 charging stations at a cost of about $19 million.
cowboystatedaily.com
I can get behind this technology.
www.autoexpress.co.uk
Hydrogen Toyota Hilux FCEV revealed ahead of UK trials | Auto Express
Toyota has responded to customer demand for zero emissions pick-up trucks with a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell Hilux models set for trials with UK businesses.
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They started 30 years ago and it disappeared from talk.I can get behind this technology.
Hydrogen Toyota Hilux FCEV revealed ahead of UK trials | Auto Express
Toyota has responded to customer demand for zero emissions pick-up trucks with a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell Hilux models set for trials with UK businesses.
There is no way there are going to be charging stations all over NM. Hell the gas stations have gone from half the state and towns have vanished.
The grid? LOL Cell service? LOL
Various gasses just venting out of leaking wells that are cleaner than coal and half the state could use NG or propane or methane in small clean plants, naah....LOL
Wildabeest
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Charging at Dell Mercantile in Dell, MT. Population: 17. 
Redmt
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Well at least there's no waiting.
Why up there? Any idea? mtmuley
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