Sure they are Polly, 285 million vehicles on the road 2 million EV's. If I sold 2 Ev's last year and 3 this year sales are up 50% Polly. I bet you rank Covid right up there with the Black Death too!Yet Tesla still selling like hotcakes...See, unlike you I understand that numbers mean more than adjectives
Another Quarter, Another Record: EV Sales in the U.S. Surpass 300,000 in Q3, as Tesla Share of EV Segment Tumbles to 50% - Cox Automotive Inc.
Cox Automotive publishes a quarterly Kelley Blue Book new-vehicle sales report enumerating electric vehicle sales.www.coxautoinc.com
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Even though Ford is bailing on investments in EV stuff, I saw a few of the EV Mustangs while in Norway recently. Have not seen one around here yet.
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/ford-stops-work-35-billion-ev-battery-plant-michigan
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/ford-stops-work-35-billion-ev-battery-plant-michigan
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glhs837
Power with Control
The Vox article is just a a piece saying that they should have focussed on public transportation instead of EVs.
That second article mentions yet again that the drop in EV sales (6%) was still less than the overall drop in vehicle sales (10%). So this isn't EVs being rejected, its all new car sales dropping.
Seems silly for the local not to. but that building is such a shithole that it might not have sufficient service. That porch is gonna cost them huge in a lawsuit some day.
That crappy little building has not changed a bit since I first rented a car there over 30 years ago....LOL
glhs837
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See, you keep acting like I'm a liberal
And that's pretty funny. Hell, I travelled during the supposed height of covid and spent three weeks in Seattle leading a team evolution. With two three day trips on either side of that for setup and breakdown. So ,no. As for how many, the total is less important than the fact they the rate of adoption increases. And we really don't want it to grow too fast. Need time for the grid to keep up. So even doubling every year might be too much. We should drop the tax incentives and let them live or die.
I sure do agree with that!
glhs837
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I see a few around. But not many. I've not seen if they are actually making money per car. Pretty sure the Lightning is a per unit loss. If you are making money on the cars, loss on CAPEX is okay. But you need to optimize production.
Very hard to do when you are hampered by muti-tier supply chains and unions insisting you keep more bodies than you need. And your engineering process is a huge hierarchal stovepiped mess.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
I think I saw that BG and ItsBob bought one.
Not sure about that, but I have seen one around locally.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
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A lithium processing plant in Bessemer, NC caught fire and burned down 2 days ago. Their output WAS lithium ingots. https://www.kktv.com/2023/06/26/crews-battle-3-alarm-fire-lithium-plant-north-carolina/
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Now that is funny.
Dream on Polly! The greenies will keep pushing until the next administration change!See, you keep acting like I'm a liberal
As for how many, the total is less important than the fact they the rate of adoption increases. And we really don't want it to grow too fast. Need time for the grid to keep up. So even doubling every year might be too much. We should drop the tax incentives and let them live or die.
Why Classic Car Enthusiasts Won't Touch Modern Cars
CASA GRANDE, Ariz.—Given the choice between a sporty new Chevy Corvette and his 1963 Dodge 330, Bob Hughes will take the 60-year-old classic any day.
The simplicity of automotive design from yesteryear has its virtues, Mr. Hughes said, relaxing in a lawn chair next to his former "daily driver" at the Thunderfest Car and Bike Show in Casa Grande, Arizona, on Nov. 4.
"You can change the plugs—you can see the plugs—which is something you can't do on most new cars," he said.
"I built this thing from nothing. It was a $75 body when I bought it." That was in 1970.
All around the big parking lot were classic hot rods and muscle cars—tricked-out mechanical masterpieces from when vehicles were easy to work on if you had the tools and the skill.
It isn't the same with newer automated vehicles, vintage and classic car enthusiasts say.
glhs837
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All true. I'll always keep an ICE or two around, although the usage pattern will shift.
ARE EVS A DOOMED TECHNOLOGY?
Electric vehicles have been around for 100 years or so. They lost out to gasoline powered cars because gasoline powered cars are better. Is that ever going to change? At the Telegraph, Michael Kelly draws an analogy to the Concorde:
A tendency to spontaneously combust will tend to drive up insurance rates. But that isn’t the worst of it:
Politicians are demanding that we switch to EVs while at the same time transforming our electrical grid by turning to wind and solar generation–which is impossible, and won’t happen:
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
EVs are doomed if government continues to push them as mandatory. Let the industry sink or swim on it's merits, or not.
On the fence about new homes being mandated to have EV charge points. If the home owner doesn't have an EV, is a 'wasted' expense. However, it's far far cheaper to have it installed at the time the home is built as opposed to post-build installation if it becomes needed, and is a good future sell point.
On the fence about new homes being mandated to have EV charge points. If the home owner doesn't have an EV, is a 'wasted' expense. However, it's far far cheaper to have it installed at the time the home is built as opposed to post-build installation if it becomes needed, and is a good future sell point.
glhs837
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Speaking of parrots. Not you Gurps, but the author. Just regurgitating so many things that simply are not true. As we know, the numbers show that people indeed are not fleeing EVs, they are just buying the ones that dont cost extra and that have a good charging infrastructure.
And no, they, just like people don' t "spontaneously" combust. Corrected for quantity fielded, they do catch fire far less often, and when they do the results are far better than is usually the case with gasoline vehicles.
BadGirl
I am so very blessed
I have a Mustane EV (Mach-E), and I adore it. It is stylistically beautiful, fast as shiat, and super-duper comfortable. We can go 300 miles of range without re-charging. We have three charging stations in our barn, so whatever bay I pull in to, I can charge. As the barn is equipped with 32 solar panels, my "fuel charge" is nada.
BadGirl
I am so very blessed
We did! And absolutely love it.
What did that setup cost you and when is that paid off in gas and smeco savings