Posted on 03/03/2023 5:15:06 AM PST by MtnClimber
There aren’t any.
The incredibly smart car company CEOs have decided to go All-In on this sh*t.
For years, Ford absolutely dominated police vehicles with the Crown Victoria. One day, no more. Best cop car ever.
Dodge steps up and brings out the Charger. Starts to dominate the cop car market. One day, no more. Getting rid of the Charger and going EV.
Enter, Chevy with the Camaro. Lousy cop car, except for a chase, as you can’t put anyone in the back seat. One of the reasons the Mustang cop car didn’t work. But they do have the Police Package Tahoe which is a great ride. Not so good in a chase on surface streets but they work.
Ford tries to make a comeback with the Explorer. Not a bad cop car if you’re of small stature. Get someone around 6’ tall, with some heft to them and the vehicle is a nightmare. That is, unless you pay 1000s in the different options available to make it more comfortable.
So, NO...the genius CEOs are all in on EVs. One has to wonder what they’ve been told by this administration to make such decisions. Stuff we’ll never know.
None of the evils are of the car itself. It's how people administer the tech.... Kinda like guns.
California will simply buy nuclear, hydroelectric and hydrocarbon power from the states around it like they have been since the ‘70s.
My parents bought a Mazda in ‘73. Subcompact car, very fast, but only got 16 mpg. We only had it for 4 years. Then they bought a full-size Chevrolet wagon that got 17 mpg.
I wish my company had that mindset. Our newish CEO has fully embraced ESG. The company leaders don’t seem to care that we are making less money year over year. Meanwhile we get all the touchy feely emails virtue signaling everything under the sun. I filter them directly to the trash bin.
Yep. My brother had a Mazda RX-7. It was a great car until the engine went tits up.
#6 The major problem with EV’s in my opinion is the battery. They represent the biohazard, the fire hazard, the uselessness of the vehicle for hard work or long trips as well as making the vehicle totally worthless once the battery life is expended.
But beside all that don’t you like the smugness that comes from owning one?... : )
You are talking about the Wankel used is Mazdas. The seals on the corners of the rotors were ceramic. When they wore out there was no compression and they simply would not start. I vividly recall it, as I owned one. Just like EV batteries today, the Mazda was totally worthless once the engine was hailed out.
If properly serviced, a piston engine will last 200 to 300 thousand miles easy. An EV will never come close to probably that Mazda 50,000 mark.
You BELIEVE????
I believe that I will win the Lotto tomorrow, so I will go and spend my entire paycheck at the casino tonite.
Good logic.
Those rotary engines were destroyed by the race cars limiting them in races. They could not compete because they they scared the piston driven industry. With new oils, and better seals that last longer, we should be driving cars that will go several hundred thousand miles with rotary engines.
I had a 1974 RX 2 and it was like EV’s to my GTO. I had both a GTO and rotary, and drove an EV. The rotary was faster than a sumbitch, with great mileage. With a stick shift, and a new fangled 6 or 7 speed tranny? The limit was the moon. The car industry did not want them. Like “The Tucker” they were regulated out of existence.
Except it takes two for a purchase. There has to be a willing seller. AZ, Nevada, Oregon, WA and others will need the juice for themselves.
Yes, but the Wankel did not have anyway to get to improve. Mazda did race cars and blew pistons away. So they regulated how many rotors. Competition and technology didn’t have a chance to meet and improve the newer type of engine. Back to pistons, and blown engines. A brand new rotary can run at a high speed for 500 track miles without breaking a sweat. Less heat, less weight. It was better, that is why it wasn’t allowed to be improved.
Yeah. That’s been a problem for the Watermelons here.
It never dawned on them that the bumpkins in the serf states might actually have a use for the power themselves.
Read later.
Mazda reintroduces the rotary engine
https://topcarnews.net/mazda-reintroduces-a-rotary-engine-on-its-mx-30-plug-in-suv-s193264.html
We have a nation full up with people who grew up telling their parents to “write a check” and the parents did cover all of their whims with a payoff. Well, they believe that since there has always seemed to be unlimited electricity, that there always will be. So they build projects that need usage, allow 150 Million immigrants in, legal and illegal. Electricity for all they have, then they shut down capacity. Get rid of Coal, Oil, NG even, no new Nuclear plants, then switch to EVs Ebusses, Eferries. Then they MANDATE THEM. They don’t know that you need NG to cook Pizza, or any good meal. They never did without, ANYTHING.
Now we will all have to do without a lot.
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