Posted on 07/30/2023 11:01:39 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Ford Motor recently announced it is slashing prices on its F-150 Lightning, an electric vehicle the company rolled out in 2021.
The Lightning now carries a suggested retail price of $49,995, about $10,000 lower than its previous recommended price tag ($59,974), a reduction the company says is possible because of lower “battery raw material costs and continued work on scaling production and cost.”
It’s certainly possible that reduced overhead from battery minerals and production costs played a role in Ford’s decision to trim its price tag by nearly 20 percent, but that may be only half the story.
Several reports show EVs are not exactly flying off dealership lots. In fact, there’s a glut of them.
(Excerpt) Read more at chathamjournal.com ...
I can’t speak for everybody, but EV or not, a $50,000+ vehicle is not what I’m budgeted for. Even $30,000 is within my means, it is still a little north of my comfort level.
Put the EVs on a cargo ship and sent it to the North Sea. The EVs can self-ignite and burn like other EVs that have gone there.
Honestly if you feel like you have to/ want to go this route, hybrids are the best and safest way to go, plus charging issues are not the full ev problem issues.
Their designs are more stable overall. They are not exploding and or burning down peoples houses or catching fire while driving. And with some models, you can replace the battery pack yourself.
The sticker price is just the beginning
Seems we have to have a song regarding Evies catching on fire. How about this Talking Heads song burning down the house.
https://youtu.be/_3eC35LoF4U
cuz they are overpriced crap?
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Several reasons I suspect. First is the cost. There’s only a certain segment of the population that can afford the luxury of a 50 k plus second vehicle. Second is the fact that actual range is nowhere near the advertised number particularly in very cold or very hot weather and last may be the spate of spontaneous fires that as more and more of these glorified golf carts enter service will no doubt increase. In reality EVs are not fit for purpose and people are beginning to realize it.
I’ve already explained this, but if the articles keep popping up, I’ll keep explaining it, YET AGAIN:
The people who NEEDED electric cars to show off to their friends (Tier 1 customers) now have their electric cars, so no more of those sales. The next market (Tier 2) are people who consider EVs to be a better VALUE for their cost, when factoring in their usefulness.
Unfortunately for the EV-Pushers, the government has not yet required Facebook and other sites to SPIKE reports of EV Fires, EV Costs, etc. So these Tier 2 customers are just saying NO to EVs, as they don’t see a downside in gasoline vehicles, which have essentially been PERFECTED by now, with excellent fuel consumption (certainly in hybrids), and virtually no tailpipe pollutants.
So, it was fun to have our ‘fling’ with EVs, but now cold, hard, market forces are making their way through the ranks.
I have never seen a good cost breakdown of electric vs. gas powered cars.
For example, they say how much you save on gas, because you never get gas in an electric car. But how much does the electricity cost you? That’s what I have never seen broken out.
Also, what about having to replace costly battery packs? Some people say it will happen every 5 years, but I’ve heard you might get 10 years. I don’t know any details, just what I’ve heard.
I’ve heard you save on oil changes and other routine maintenance, but have never seen that broken out. Is there really no regular maintenance at all needed on electric cars?
The bigger capital cost for these electric cars is supposedly offset by all your savings elsewhere. But I’ve never seen any details on it.
Chinese funded pols and NGOs are trying to fabricate some magical EV unicorn world, but it’s not working.
1. Totally unreliable and unpredictable
2. FIRE
3. $$$$$$>$$$$$$
4. We as a nation do not have an electric grid to support them
5. I am not an idiot
Those are good reasons.
> hybrids are the best and safest way to go <
I thought the same. But this Popular Science article says hybrid cars are more dangerous.
https://www.popsci.com/technology/electric-vehicle-fire-rates-study/
Tier 1 was smaller than the “experts” thought it would be—because a large number of urban virtue signaling wannabes in the older urban areas park their cars on urban streets where home recharging is not an option.
Imagine keeping one of these things on street parking in Boston or New York or Chicago...imagine snow banks piled on top of them...
If enough EV’s set fire to enough cargo ships at sea, could that possibly reduce the sea level? Or at least make Guam tip over?
“Imagine keeping one of these things on street parking in Boston or New York or Chicago...imagine snow banks piled on top of them”
VERY TRUE - just street parking ends that option for the Tier 1 city dwellers. Snow just ends things.
Still some Tier 1 types outside of the cities, but thankfully, there’s typically better mental health facilities in the suburbs also.
I never had a “fling” with an EV. That would be like having a fling with a transgender.
No EVs!
No biden!
No Democrats!
No RINOs!
No! Never! Niemals!
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