Posted on 07/24/2022 10:04:44 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The auto industry gambles its finances on big electric vehicles for the rich, like Ford’s Mustang Mach-E and GM’s Hummer EV, and second-rate cars for everybody else.
OK. Buyers aren’t drawn to the electric Mustang or Ford’s new F-150 Lightning pickup to solve climate change. These are exciting, high-tech gadgets in their own right. And that’s fine. Even so, customers’ appetite might slacken if they were told the truth. Ford leaked this week for the benefit of the investment community plans to lay off thousands of workers to fatten the profits of its conventional vehicles.
As Ford CEO Jim Farley said in March, “we need them to be more profitable to fund” Ford’s $50 billion in spending on mostly high-end EVs, which have the least chance of being net reducers of CO2.
Their dreamland is Norway, where hybrid and electric-vehicle miles now exceed conventional-vehicle miles, thanks to generous subsidies to EV buyers. Paid for how? With 0.07% of the world’s people, Norway exports 2% of the world’s oil and gas, 30 times its share of global population.
According to the consultancy AlixPartners, some $526 billion is currently being invested to create dozens of mostly high-end electric vehicles aimed at the 17% of buyers who constitute the luxury market. The impact on climate of these cars will be zero.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Since they’re SUVs I’m sure the leftists will slash their tires whenever they see one.
BZZZZZT!
Try again, more like $9,000 and NOT STREET LEGAL!
For that kind of money I could have all sorts of STREET LEGAL ICE trucks.
Need to get a price from a local guy for his Morris Minor PU.
Urban heat islands have nothing to do with CO2 if that's what you are saying.
negative...
it obviously has to be plugged in to recharge the battery at some point in time throughout the course of travel during long road trips...
Yup, EVs will save us all with solar panels from Solyndra, and windmills and batteries from China.
“it obviously has to be plugged in to recharge the battery at some point in time throughout the course of travel during long road trips...”
Negative. It can run on the engine only while recharging the battery.
You must be against young housewives having EVs so everyone knows they care about the Earth on their way to Starbucks.
—”iPhones on wheels.”
When my wife selected a Prius V, looking at the manuals, I called it a computer with wheels.
Six years later I love the Prius! 60k miles just oil and one 12 VDC battery, 50MPG + all summer ~45 on the winter blend gasoline.
A very interesting and trouble-free ride.
negative...
it’s been rated excellent for commuting but suffers from long range anxieties...
do some more research...
Sent a tingle up my leg. 🤣😂
—” I’m not subscribing to find out.”
Put on your newest pair of clean reading glasses and have a look at reply #2, then carefully guide your mouse pointer on the link...
See how easy and cost-free that was?
“it’s been rated excellent for commuting but suffers from long range anxieties...”
370 mile range. 17 gallon gas tank.
Stop the stupid posts.
you have obviously have to plug into a charger to charge the battery at that point in time...
you’re the one playing stupid games...
it’s called a “plug in hybrid” for a reason...
—”their FORCED adoption is probably stifling REAL engineering advances that could perhaps more easily and economically solve the problem”
The cram down from Brandon and his puppet masters has removed any useful rollout time.
Notice the massive Ford recall of the Mach-E or the
Ford Bronco plant manager, toast.
Dismissal of the VW CEO...
Symptoms of limited beta testing.
No one ever has time to spare, but pushing this hard is clearly not productive. And even less so on large scale.
I have relatives that worked for GM and often drove cars leased VERY cheaply because they were guinea pigs.
No sense in playing with Gator, he’s swallowed the libs BS hook line and sinker.
That Jeep he’s promoting will only travel 21 miles on full electric, yet can go 370 miles on gas alone. What’s the point of even carrying that 1000 lb battery, you could go 500 miles on gas if that weight wasn’t there.
—”Left is based solely on “good intentions”. “
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
Nothing new.
If they can produce powdered hydrogen for use in automobiles, it will wipe out the EV vehicles quickly.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-asks-texans-not-charge-085820140.html
Tesla asks Texans not to charge their car to avoid overloading national grid
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.