"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
At this point in time, Mazda is right about EVs. There may be technological breakthroughs that change the equation in the future.
It’s not about that. It’s about forcing people to buy the green tech items that can’t compete in a free and open marketplace. Green tech supporting politicians get a cut. All that save the world, climate crises stuff is just narrative to conceal the true intentions. Sheesh.
Portable electric powered vehicles from fossil fueled electricity generators is pretty senseless. Nuclear electric power grids get you there with ‘zero’ CO2 emissions.
I’m willing to wait for a next generation of rechargeable batteries in any case. That’s the “holy grail” of truly portable transportation power
Car Tech 101: Mazda’s Skyactiv engine technology is really something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsPhQaramio
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How Mazda Is Saving The Gasoline Engine - SkyActiv-X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSxow3W7ek
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Mazda SkyActiv-X: How does the SPCCI engine work & what else changes in SKY ACTIV X w/ Dave Coleman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD1mPPkuRIE
Electric vehicles are STUPID. PERIOD
my BOSS had to have me drive him in my 08 forrunner to plug his TESLA in at the mall. Out of juice
Last paragraph of the article:
Regardless, it’s not helpful for Mazda to make misleading claims about the relative environmental benefits of EVs and diesel-powered cars. And it creates a foul smell around Mazda’s first EV, which otherwise looks like a fun ride.
The batteries in EV’s are toxic waste. They don’t store all the energy that goes into them- Especially after they age. They don’t last long and are super expensive to replace. They just don’t make sense. And they won’t unless a far better energy storage device come into existence.
EVs are not meant to ‘save the world’. They are meant to increase the ‘hassle factor’ of owning any car (price, having to plug in every night, less flexibility, etc.). And this is needed for their longer-term plan, which actually would help to ‘save the world’, by their definition - and that is getting Americans out of the houses, razing those houses, and putting Americans into collectives (high rise apartment buildings near ‘mass transit’).
Yea, but I know, I know, So-and-so Republican is a RINO, and there is no way I’m voting for him (or her) in November...so letting the Democrats win and getting the above is JUST FINE (by implication).
Can you even get ANY diesel powered Mazda at all here in the US? I’ve never seen one and surprised noone in the US is selling diesel cars.
Phillip Morris says water is worse for your health than smoking.