[JudyinCanada]

Electric cars now that gas in plentiful and getting less expensive. Good move.

[Pelham]

Most long established car companies will be selling electric cars simply to meet their gov’t mandated fleet fuel economy goals. If not for that they would leave the electric car market entirely to Tesla.

More social engineering courtesy of the federal government. Can’t have businesses free to chose their own goals.

[JennysCool]

Government Motors keeps trying to be “woke.”

Get Woke, Go Broke.

[adorno]

Electric cars now that gas in plentiful and getting less expensive.

It's not just about electric cars. Though that's a major reason.

The other major reason is self-driving vehicles.

I've been saying it for years that, automakers would be putting themselves out of business, and now, they'e facing the reality.

I also said that, with self-driving vehicles, there would be no need for anyone to own a car. If car ownership dwindles or disappears completely, then, there would be a huge need for vehicle fleets which could be summoned at the touch of a button or by voice request. That's about to become fact, SOON!. So, with the automakers not being needed for sales of vehicles, thereby putting all car dealerships out of business, and only fleet owners would be buying them for sales of rides. But, sales to fleet operators would still leave the automakers close to dying, so, their only hope would be to become the fleet operators themselves. Hence, no auto dealers, and no independent fleet operators. The automakers would be building their own fleets of vehicles. Those vehicles would then become what the consumer would use to get around

The consumers would actually end up ahead, with no need to own and maintain and fuel up their vehicles. That could, potentially, save consumers some $10,000 per year.

And then, roads wouldn't need to be serviced as often as they are now, police/sheriff's department wouldn't need to be trained to chase violators, since there wouldn't be any. Parking lots would disappear. No need to build garages for homes or for shopping centers. No need for parking garages at airports.

Fuel costs would dramatically dive. No repair shops. No parking meters. No police radar traps. No red-light cameras. No gasoline stations.

20-30 million jobs lost in the U.S. alone; hundreds of millions lost around the world. The oil industry would collapse, just because of the lower fuel demands of those ICE cars still on the road; ICE cars will still be built and sold to fleet operators.

Most union jobs would disappear, starting with all of those at automakers.

Eventually, even traffic lights would disappear, to be replaced by 'smart' signals to the self-driving vehicles.

A lot more benefits to come, but also a lot of detrimental repercussions.

Hey, liberals. Welcome to the world you forced on us. Nothing is without consequences.