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1 posted on 08/07/2025 3:00:06 PM PDT by george76
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It would be good to investigate how much of the push by auto manufacturers to make EVs was due to pressure from the government. They all had to see that there was no real profit in it absent government subsidies.


2 posted on 08/07/2025 3:05:11 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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Honda seems to have other issues. They were at one time bulletproof cars (except for the interference engine/timing belt issues, which was always really a maintenance issue.). They are now having a lot more problems.


4 posted on 08/07/2025 3:17:07 PM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suckle the breast of Capitalism.)
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“the Honda Prologue is essentially a rebadged Chevrolet Blazer EV” ... they even told me that at the honda dealership when i bought my 2024 honda accord hybrid ... they rolled their eyes when they told me that, and it was obvious the dealership didn’t think very much about EVs in general or the fake honda EV in particular ...


6 posted on 08/07/2025 3:19:18 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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Forcing people to have EVs from the government on down was a case of the tail walking the dog.

It never works.


7 posted on 08/07/2025 3:20:21 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Governments , “build the EV crap and we’ll make the stupid citizens buy them , free money” LOL


8 posted on 08/07/2025 3:20:31 PM PDT by butlerweave
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“Fujimura hinted that the automaker may expand its two-shift operation at U.S. plants to three to keep up with demand, requiring more coordination with suppliers.”

IOW, YUGE demand for honda ice and hybrid civics and accords in the states, but honda corporate was too focused on losing two billion dollars trying to crack the doomed and collapsing EV markets ...


10 posted on 08/07/2025 3:23:45 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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They need to make their very excellent lawnmowers again.
Best walk behind consumer grade lawnmowers on the planet.


13 posted on 08/07/2025 3:35:45 PM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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Just say NO to electric vehicles.


14 posted on 08/07/2025 3:36:23 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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Without subsidy the EV market is doomed.


16 posted on 08/07/2025 3:46:20 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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They stopped making small gasoline motor devices like electric generators and the beloved Honda lawn mowers. Expect continued huge losses when the EV mowers don’t sell.


17 posted on 08/07/2025 3:50:55 PM PDT by llevrok (Keep buggering on!)
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Woke can be costly.


26 posted on 08/07/2025 7:05:41 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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