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Watch: Man Buys $115k Hummer Electric Truck - It Immediately Left Him Stranded in Middle of Road
RNN ^ | 02-28-2023 | Jim Clayborn

Posted on 01/29/2023 8:20:59 PM PST by montag813

by Jim Clairborne | RNN

The new General Motors Hummer electrical vehicle, priced at $115,000, has presented owners with many problems.

Roman Mica, the publisher of the website The Fast Lane Truck, posted a video of a brand new Hummer with multiple problems.

Mica was unable to move the vehicle because the shifter wouldn’t move and the trunk would not open. He finally got it in gear and drove it back to the dealer.

WATCH:

Reports have been published that point out an “offroad” Hummer malfunctions if a car wash goes awry, and issues with the software have caused faulty tail lights.

The Hummer is not the only electric vehicle experiencing issues.

A 2014 Ford Focus Electric needed a new battery that cost $14,000 -- and the car originally cost $11,000!

Consumer research group J.D. Power last year published a study indicating that EV owners are far less satisfied with their cars than are those who own traditional gas-powered vehicles. And it seems that unreliability of battery power is but one of the issues.

And yet, “progressive” politicians and “green energy” advocates remain obsessed with forcing Americans to buy electric vehicles in spite of the many problems that continue to plague the industry. The most rabid proponents of electric automobiles refuse to let the free market decide if such cars and trucks are truly wanted or even necessary.

(Excerpt) Read more at rightnewsnow.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: automotive; cars; ev; green; hummer
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To: doorgunner69
   
41 posted on 01/30/2023 2:17:43 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: BobL

What help is a fully stocked toolbox when your overly complicated, fully-electronic vehicle is bricked due to a software glitch?

Besides, most Hummer buyers wouldn’t have a clue what to do with all those tools, but they like to show them off because they go right along with their macho man fantasies.


42 posted on 01/30/2023 2:24:15 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: abigkahuna

Electric vehicles are great for acceleration and in deceleration you can actually reclaim some of that energy.

Gas vehicles are great at cruising at a steady speed, at their optimum efficiency.

The problem is they are trying to use one or the other to do both.

Gas engines are mostly inefficient because they are designed for a range of speeds, not their optimum. They suck up the just when accelerating, and reclaim nothing when braking.

Electric engines suck up the juice when cruising at speed.

A hybrid gas/electric was always the way to go.


43 posted on 01/30/2023 2:27:46 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: The Great RJ

AND cost to recharge is more that a gas fillup...never mind the time...also a significant cost.


44 posted on 01/30/2023 3:15:44 AM PST by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
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To: montag813
“progressive” politicians and “green energy” advocates remain obsessed with forcing Americans to buy electric vehicles in spite of the many problems

Because, the end game is to force you to stay home. They're going to herd all of you into mini houses where you'll stay alive by eating bugs.

And you're going to put up with it, because you've put up with everything else they've done.

45 posted on 01/30/2023 3:38:55 AM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: montag813

Remember when Obama and his Treasury Secretary removed people from GM’s BOD and replaced them with their friends? It was right before they raided Lucent’s employee’s retirement funds and turned them over to the UAW. Now they can’t make EV’s that work. It all catches up with you eventually.


46 posted on 01/30/2023 3:58:05 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: doorgunner69
Teslagator will not be amused

Jim gave him the shove out the door a couple evenings ago, 28th. TG spent that whole day trolling and Jim said he needed some rest. Account banned or suspended.

47 posted on 01/30/2023 4:09:31 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!! He will win 2024!)
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To: montag813

I know they were fairly low key about this, they were laughing, not really uncomfortable in the weather and such, because they had money to burn, and bought it jointly to do an evaluation to support a cause if I understood that correctly. (He said “we bought” when talking about the acquisition process)

Just imagine if that were your own starry-eyed money you spent, and you got stuck in the middle of the roadway with cars streaming by.

It looked very dangerous, and if that were a normal person who purchased a high end model, the anger and outrage would be much more palpable.


48 posted on 01/30/2023 4:19:32 AM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: montag813

Wait until someone dies because the doors won’t unlock.


49 posted on 01/30/2023 4:20:49 AM PST by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: Big Red Badger

FEMALE POLICE OFFICER: “Hello, sir. Are those C-cell batteries in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”


50 posted on 01/30/2023 4:20:58 AM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: HKMk23; BobL
I would be very careful suggesting people get the Trained Chimp option...

LINK: The Trunk Money Compilation!

51 posted on 01/30/2023 4:30:59 AM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: BlackbirdSST; TexasGator

lol.. I thought that he was on the edge of shorting out. All over several threads that day.

Sorry I missed it!

https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:texasgator/index?more=126367692


52 posted on 01/30/2023 4:35:27 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Don't rush to your death.)
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To: vpintheak

The Amish have perfected going Green.


53 posted on 01/30/2023 4:56:03 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: mad_as_he$$

I was wrong, his last post was 12:11 am on the 29th.


54 posted on 01/30/2023 5:03:02 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!! He will win 2024!)
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To: montag813

Well if there’s someone out there who’s looking for the next profitable business to get into might I suggest buying a fleet of gas powered tow trucks


55 posted on 01/30/2023 5:10:06 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: BlackbirdSST

Thank you! Hey what’s 11 minutes in FR time...


56 posted on 01/30/2023 5:23:56 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("OSHA isn't a big fan of Darwin's Law." Mike Rowe.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Probably 90% of people born since 1990 don’t know which end of the hammer to pick up.


57 posted on 01/30/2023 6:07:40 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: Uncle Lonny

LOL!!


58 posted on 01/30/2023 6:35:57 AM PST by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There)
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To: gitmo

😂


59 posted on 01/30/2023 6:53:36 AM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: montag813

LOVE MY OLD IRON


60 posted on 01/30/2023 7:44:46 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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