'NOT FOR ME': Univision's Chevy Bolt Infomercial Spontaneously Combusts

Newsbusters ^ | December 4, 2022 | Kathleen Krumhansl

[PJ-Comix]

Univision’s relentless promotion of the green agenda via in-show infomercial for the Chevy Bolt spontaneously combusted when Despierta America’s Chef Yisus inadvertently wrote the electric vehicle off as a “chick car” by saying it was “maybe not for me”, but definitely for his wife!

“You sold it to me, brother, you sold it to me. Well, maybe not for me, but for my wife, for sure”, Yisus quipped at Univision's car guru, Jaime Gabaldoni, after three-and-a-half minutes of hard-sell pitches for the vehicle's "unique" features.

[PJ-Comix]

On Friday (after my nephew's graduation from Miami Police Academy) we were at the Mall of the Americas to celebrate at The Knife Argentine buffet restaurant. Anyway, while walking in from the parking lot I saw three EV charging stations and I asked the woman charging her car how long it takes. She told me it takes 27 minutes to charge her car battery just 80%. Way too long. I have better things to do with my life than hanging out for long periods at EV charging stations on a regular basis.

[Tell It Right]

10-15 minutes for me with a 350kW fast supercharger to get to 80% even from 5%. To be fair, that gets only 200-ish miles when driving highway speeds. Thus I'd rather take my ICE pickup on the few times I go on a road trip by myself.

But since my wife is usually with me, and since she likes to stop every 2 to 3 hours to walk around anyway, our EV is good for most trips for us.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The intire electric car thing is over-sold.

I’m in the market for a new pickup.
Gasoline please. There’s a fill on every corner.

[Yo-Yo]

I asked the woman charging her car how long it takes. She told me it takes 27 minutes to charge her car battery just 80%. Way too long. I have better things to do with my life than hanging out for long periods at EV charging stations on a regular basis.

EVs are getting better and better, but they're not quite there yet for me to consider one as my only car.

I could see an EV as a second around town commuter car, drive it locally during the day, charge it overnight in the garage.

They'd have to fix that "spontaneous combustion" feature, first, though.

[Scrambler Bob]

I have better things to do with my life than hanging out for long periods at EV charging stations on a regular basis.
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Just a thought . . . How many carjackings are EVs?

Don’t recall any. Seems tempting to hang out around the charging station and get one when the owner comes back.

Now, will a quick text to Tesla get it shut off!?

[married21]

Maybe somebody could put vending machines by the charging station and make some money. Might as well have a snack or a soda while you wait.

[Spok]

Between the Green New Deal and the Great Reset we are doomed, and I am not too sure that that’s not the whole idea. And it’s all about transferring power on a massive scale and we are approaching the point of no return.

[Leaning Right]

> I have better things to do with my life than hanging out for long periods at EV charging stations on a regular basis. <

I’m surprised that the charging stations don’t have monitors running MSNBC programs. That way you can get indoctrinated while you wait.

[TexasGator]

“Way too long. I have better things to do with my life than hanging out for long periods at EV charging stations on a regular basis.”

LOL! She was charging while shopping. You, OTOH, had to make an extra stop to gas up.

[Robert DeLong]

What was your motivation for buying an electric vehicle in the first place?

[smokingfrog]

Great idea. They could show commercials featuring drag queens praising the EV owners for saving the planet.

[TexasGator]

“There’s a fill on every corner.”

With an EV you can charge at home or for free at your MIL’s house!

[moovova]

You know what Mexicans call duct tape, don’t you?

Chrome.

“Tape some o’dat chrome on the bumper, homie.”

[Bob434]

Any spouse who gets a pr3sent of an electric car should be very wary of gheir spouse’s intentions lol

[wafflehouse]

There’s a fill on every corner.

regulation killing that is not far ahead

[Optimist]

LOL! She was charging while shopping. You, OTOH, had to make an extra stop to gas up.

< sarc>Yeah, because nobody ever has to stop to recharge just because they need to.
Who would stop for a 5-minute refill, when they can go shopping for 27 minutes instead while it charges?
< /sarc>
Oh, wait, I forgot -- it IS a chick car.

[TexasGator]

"What was your motivation for buying an electric vehicle in the first place?"

I am trading when Mustang answers to this!

-----Charger Banshee EV---------

[TexasGator]

“Yeah, because nobody ever has to stop to recharge just because they need to.”

Charge at night while sleeping and most will never have to “stop to charge”.

Assuming one stop per week at a gas station that is a net savings of 40 days over a lifetime.

[Robert DeLong]

1968 All-Electric Mustang Fastback - Zombie 222

[TexasGator]

"The Zombie 222 will soon be available for purchase and will have a sticker price over $200,000 depending on the power and range fitted into the vehicle."

A little pricy for me! Quarter mile in 9.6, top speed about 180.

For $200k, quarter mile 8.2, top speed 250+