SamSpade
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It IS however, the trend througout the country. How will you be able to drive anything BUT an EV when states are declaring all cars by such and such a date must be "emission-free"? It IS being forced.
Electric Car News
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Every EV disciple is a Collaborator.
glhs837
Power with Control
It's funny how we recognize that politicians are captive to the 1% fringe for other things but not this.
2016 Chevrolet Spark EV available in limited markets. Prior to that they were leased only.
I wouldn't bet against Elon.
glhs837
Power with Control
True, but it was only sold for three years in OR and CA with a range of 82 miles, and they sold less than 8k in that time. But it was an EV. But one of the ones that gave EVs a name as a city car only.
glhs837
Power with Control
With four vehicle factories on three continents and three other factories that make Megapacks, regular batteries, and Superchargers, with more factories in the works, they will be making cars for a long time.
Nothing has changed.
We have a 2009 Pontiac Vibe made by that joint venture, tis a good car.
glhs837
Power with Control
Sure it has. A +300 mile range five seater with awesome performance costs under 40K. Maybe 82 and 320 are the same in your book, but math says different.
PeoplesElbow
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I had one as a rental, I enjoyed it. I also heard it was mostly a Toyota with a Pontiac badge on it.
Wasn't 09 the last Pontiacs?
PeoplesElbow
Well-Known Member
Sounds like GM is serious about EVs. The Buick concept car here is pretty attractive.
GM buys out nearly half of its Buick dealers across the country, who opt to not sell EVs
GM said nearly half of its Buick dealers opted to take a buyout rather than invest in an all-electric future.
www.freep.com
2010 was, basically a Toyota Matrix chassis and power train with a Pontiac designed body.
Electric Vehicles: Madness in New Mexico
One of the defining characteristics of central planners is how unwilling they so often are to accept that reality may fail to live up to their dreams, directives, and targets. They tend to reckon that they just have to give the order and, say, a new technology will be invented on schedule or that consumers will change the consumption habits of a lifetime. Mundane considerations such as geography can be safely ignored.
For a couple of days last month, I drove around large and largely empty areas of southern New Mexico (it’s something I like to do). Gas stations were, on some stretches of road, not to be seen for a long, long time—but, knowing that I would easily have enough gas in the tank to last for a good while, “range” was not an anxiety. It would have been a different matter had I been looking for electric vehicle (EV) chargers. They can be found in New Mexico (and Tesla’s network is well-established there), but I wouldn’t like (beyond the interstates and a couple of other major roads) to have to rely on finding a working unit in some of the remoter parts of a state that specializes in remoteness.
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) (November 16):
Large, sparsely populated (just over 2.1 million people), relatively poor, and, depending on the season and where you are, subject to temperatures high and low enough to affect EV battery life, New Mexico must be one of the states least suited to EVs. But, as is explained on the NRDC site, sales of new conventional cars in the state will be squeezed from 2026, culminating in a ban in 2035:
In the first half of 2023, EVs accounted for 4.85 percent of new cars sold in New Mexico, up from 4.17 percent for the whole of last year.
That’s an increase, but it’s still not a lot of vehicles, meaning that New Mexico’s consumers clearly do not understand what type of new car is best suited to their needs and pocketbooks. How lucky for them that the state is stepping in to help them out with their decision-making. How sad that this intervention will not make any difference to the climate.
No, nothing has changed with you posting EV drivel.
glhs837
Power with Control
The same might be said for your fact challenged diatribes.
Don't hold back Polly!
glhs837
Power with Control
Are Teslas the most or least safe vehicles?
What the data says, and why you might be confused
brandonpaddock.substack.com
Got to love well thought out detailed articles with reliable sources.
Digesting and understanding it will require reading more than three paragraphs sourced from two people interviewed on the net.
And everyone knows "Brandon" (Whoeverthe####thatis) is incapable of lying, and doesn't have any bias or ax to grind.Are Teslas the most or least safe vehicles?
What the data says, and why you might be confused
Got to love well thought out detailed articles with reliable sources.
Digesting and understanding it will require reading more than three paragraphs sourced from two people interviewed on the net.