Posted on 01/28/2021 8:32:57 AM PST by Hojczyk
In the 90s there was all this talk of user independence. We had client-server computers where much of the software was on our PCs and fuel cells were going to allow people to have their own power plants on their property. Now we have dumb terminals hooked to the cloud and eCars hooked to the grid. We are being assimilated.
GM’s Triple Zero Vision,
- Zero pollution
- Zero customer appeal
- Zero sales
See my comment #81
I guess GM is willing to cede the half ton pickup market to RAM and Ford!
Well alrighty then - and it’s a darn good thing I drive a Ford truck!
Electric vehicles DO NOT work to reduce emissions!!! Where do you think that the energy to power them comes from?
They use materials that almost exclusively come from CHINA!!!!
And they are too expensive for even many middle class people and families!!!
PHOOEY, PHOOEY, and PHOOEY again!!!!
That gives GM plenty of time to come up with reasons why they must change their objectives but will help keep the climate loons happy till then.
AOC - “Every electric vehicle shall have a 1.21 gigawatt wind turbine mounted on it’s roof!”
Me - But, AOC, it requires coal to make the steel for those wind turbines ...
AOC - “That’s not a problem ... we can use coal-free steel from China.”
Me - But, AOC, Chinese steel is of inferior quality - it easily fractures.
AOC - “Yes, but that will just mean we will need create more jobs to build the replacement turbines!”
Me - But, AOC, those jobs will be in China - not the U.S.!
AOC - “Sure; but with all the free stuff I will be giving away, including those electric GM cars, Americans will no longer need to have jobs! See? Easy Peezy!”
Me - Triple Face-Palm.
That’s a handy side benefit, making rural and suburban areas look less attractive.
They can try this.
But with everything else they’re doing, it won’t stem the flood of people fleeing urban areas.
Manual transmissions - the millennial anti-theft device.
LOL! Looks like you’ve put in a little OVERTIME in posting this reply.
If I had nickel for each article of the next, super duper battery technology that will revolutionize that sphere, I’d be filthy rich. But so far they all seem to be just some theory or research project that never enters the marketplace.
Speaking of torque, this is some very cool new motor tech.
https://linearlabsinc.com/technology-3d-flux-path-high-torque-motors/
With only one exception, since 1977, every vehicle I have owned had a 5-speed manual transmission. Now I’ve bought my first pick-up - a Ford F150-XLT SPORT, short bed. Could not get it with a manual trans, so had to take the #@!%^$&*!! “20-speed” automatic. I wonder how long it will last before failing.
This is what happens when you make a globull warming true believer the CEO of a car company. I am sure Obama put her in there.
Looks like Government Motors will be going bankrupt again.
How are they going to create the energy to power these so-called “electric” vehicles? Burning oil? Coal? Building nuclear power plants? Fat chance.
Good luck.
5.56mm
I put about 1000 miles a year on my car. My immediate family lives within 5 miles of me. By 2035 I will be 88 and my car will have about 75,000 miles on it. That leaves me about 25 years before it reaches 100,000. That takes me up to 113 years old and I don’t plan on driving after that.
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