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1 posted on 07/28/2025 4:49:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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Sorry Elon.


2 posted on 07/28/2025 4:50:11 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Manhattan Contrarian ping


3 posted on 07/28/2025 4:51:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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My prediction is their prices will drop.


4 posted on 07/28/2025 5:06:18 AM PDT by fruser1
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another result will be safer gas cars

they will be larger

and they wont be made out of plastic


5 posted on 07/28/2025 5:09:08 AM PDT by joshua c
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Thanks for posting. I didn't know that the OBBB removed the penalty for not adhering to the CAFE standards. That's yuge!

As far as the headline goes, the EV market was already practically nothing even with the EV tax credit in place. The fad is over and hardly anybody else was buying EV's.

7 posted on 07/28/2025 5:29:40 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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It will return to the 1930's when Detroit Electric, one of the last major manufacturers of EV's, finally went belly-up in 1939 after the market decided which was better for transporting people and goods, EV or IC.

And so it should today.

9 posted on 07/28/2025 5:35:53 AM PDT by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness (Jesus rides beside me, He never buys any smokes)
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It wasn’t surviving with the subsidies...so let’s take a wild guess.


12 posted on 07/28/2025 5:50:11 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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My guess: there will still be an EV market, but it will be smaller. The end of subsidies will reduce demand, but EVs still have advantages and emotional appeal for certain groups.


14 posted on 07/28/2025 5:57:25 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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Hopefully not. Few want to purchase these high-end golf carts...unless US Taxpayers are forced to subsidize them.


18 posted on 07/28/2025 6:11:20 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp)
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Mr. Musk, how about electric train travel?

Make train travel great again.


19 posted on 07/28/2025 6:14:18 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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For EV makers, there is a glimmer of hope. A small, practical cold fusion device is supposedly set to be released to market this year.


22 posted on 07/28/2025 6:22:28 AM PDT by Rockingham
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All too often the incentives provided by government under the auspices of “doing good things” are really just a vehicle to transfer public funds into the pockets of the “connected” either directly or indirectly.


26 posted on 07/28/2025 6:28:38 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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Only a leftist would substitute ‘maneuvered’ for ‘regulated’.

I don’t know the author, but I stopped reading right there.


28 posted on 07/28/2025 6:34:24 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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Was it ever alive or just Leftest government dreams


30 posted on 07/28/2025 6:40:29 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Will EVs survive having to compete on a level playing field?

Yes, just not as well.


32 posted on 07/28/2025 6:42:38 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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Where’s the pic of all the ford ev trucks packed into a field?


33 posted on 07/28/2025 6:43:45 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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Remember Ralph Nader? Remember his book Unsafe At Any Speed? Remember how he almost single-handedly pushed safety standards awareness? That's why we have mandatory seat belt usage, crumple zones, safer gasoline tanks, and more.

Today, we have electric cars that are firebombs on wheels. Not that every EV bursts into flames. No, EV fires are very, very hard to put out using current fire fighting techniques. It's like we have a seventy-story building and fire truck ladders can only reach the bottom ten floors. Ships have been severely damaged by them, because shipboard fire fighting gear is worthless against fires with their own oxidizer.

My apartment lease has a ban on battery-powered plug-in cars. No exceptions. That's why there isn't a single Tesla badge on the property. So far, the ban does not extend to hybrids...yet.

If we every have another "safety czar" rise from the ashes, you may see the current EV cars declared a public safety hazard. Then we will see how the EV makes transition to safer battery chemistry.

36 posted on 07/28/2025 6:59:46 AM PDT by asinclair (Indict DNC for RICO?)
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will EVs survive when auto makers are freed to manufacture vehicles folks REALLY want to buy AND without the need for Federal bribes? ... i think the answer is clear, and the answer is “NO”, EVs will be deader than the Dodo bird ...


38 posted on 07/28/2025 7:29:56 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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And the new Toyota engine will make them all obsolete.

Its called a single cylinder engine because inlet and exhaust occur at the same time...clever design of the inlet manifold causes swirling while exhaust goes on.

40 posted on 07/28/2025 7:56:44 AM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)
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EV Update: Will The Market Survive The Expiration Of The Federal Tax Credit?

Not only will it survive, it will thrive. And, it will be the survival of the fittest. And, the fittest is Tesla. Not only are they a decade ahead in technology of all other EV manufacturers, Tesla is going to be right on time with the release of their new super aluminum ion battery. Certain models of Teslas will be equipped with this new battery in the 2026 models. The new battery is lighter, has higher energy density, lower cost, longer life cycles, and faster charging times and improved safety compared to lithium-ion batteries.

What people forget, is that Tesla is a BIG producer of batteries in the solar energy market. Tesla and solar are joined at the hip. Their new battery technology will definitely transfer right over into the solar market. This means cheaper and more productive solar for homeowners.

If you think Tesla is going to take a dump over this, you're behind the curve. I'm not a gazillionaire, but I've made enough money on Tesla stock in five years to buy a Tesla.

41 posted on 07/28/2025 7:58:36 AM PDT by eastexsteve
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