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Why electric vehicles are ‘piling up’ at dealerships, despite massive taxpayer subsidies
chathamjournal.com ^ | July 29, 2023 | By Jon Miltimore

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.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automotive; bidenflation; bidenrecession; dealers; electric; electricvehicle; electricvehicles; ev; evs; ford; recession; scam
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To: Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness

How many EV’s do you own? Please cite.


102 posted on 07/30/2023 2:26:54 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Hybrid vehicle fires ranked first with 3474.5 fires per 100,000 vehicle sales (16,051 fires). Next came ICE cars with 1520.9 fires per 100,000 sales (199,533 fires). BEVs were at the very bottom of this calamity heap with only 25.1 fires per 100,000 vehicle sales (52 fires).

How many ICE vehicles spontaneously combusted, ignoring negligent maintenance? Please Cite.

103 posted on 07/30/2023 2:28:13 PM PDT by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness (Jesus rides beside me, He never buys any smokes)
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To: TexasGator

The oversized electric golf cart fanboi emerges!


104 posted on 07/30/2023 2:30:54 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: TexasGator

TeslaGator battery butt humper

Cry like a baby 😆


105 posted on 07/30/2023 2:35:48 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: technically right

We test-drove a Jeep (are leasing one now, gas-powered). The salesman seemed anxious to sell this thing, which did not have the pickup or power of our gas Jeep.


106 posted on 07/30/2023 2:35:58 PM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: TexasGator

Looks like I hit the mark

Lol 🤣


107 posted on 07/30/2023 2:37:16 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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BTW, a question: What’s the protocol for putting out an EV fire...?

If you don’t know the answer to that and know any firefighters, have a chat.

And prepare to have your ears burned.

Nephew is a fireman. They REDUCE the class D fire enough to tow it to a ground pit. Once in the earthen pit it's left to burn for up to 3 months.

108 posted on 07/30/2023 2:47:18 PM PDT by USCG SimTech
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To: BrexitBen

More like the Pinto. Dangerous at any speed.


109 posted on 07/30/2023 2:56:42 PM PDT by Texas resident (We are living through Barak's fundamental transformation)
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To: RomanSoldier19

“ Not only do EVs require an astonishing amount of mining—an estimated 500,000 pounds of rock and minerals must be upturned to make a single battery, physicists point out—but their carbon footprint isn’t much smaller than gas-powered cars.

It turns out that EVs actually require a lot more CO2 to produce than gas-powered cars. EVs can make that up, but it takes a great deal of time because EVs also often run on electricity generated from fossil fuels.”


110 posted on 07/30/2023 3:00:12 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: NWFree

Child slave labor to mine all that rock will cut costs for consumers I’m sure 😏


111 posted on 07/30/2023 3:02:03 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Gen.Blather

The reasons you cite are why I don’t want to invest in a new work truck…they’re truly rolling computers. The 02 F350 I have is totally rebuildable.


112 posted on 07/30/2023 3:08:17 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Big bonfires coming from exploding batteries.


113 posted on 07/30/2023 3:18:07 PM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: TornadoAlley3

A few years ago, Chevy told owners of the EV Chevy Volt to not park it in their garage because of the fire hazard.


114 posted on 07/30/2023 3:20:42 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: TexasGator
Most in rural small towns do not have a garage or carport. The average salary stats are 50 grand. 2 adults working. And look into what it costs to replace the battery. These people are farmers or small business owners who drive 3 to 10 miles a day. They will not buy these vehicles.
115 posted on 07/30/2023 3:26:10 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“hybrids are the best” and the Toyota Avalon is the best of the best hybrid. Pure EV’s are trouble and we knew that in 1970. Politicians push gimmicks and private industry goes along to get funding.


116 posted on 07/30/2023 4:00:39 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: Falconspeed

I have never seen fire articles on hybrids the way we see then on full ev vehicles. Priuses and hybrid camry and corolla hybrids are a safe stable platform thats had 20+ years of refinement. The Honda hybrids are stavle as well.


117 posted on 07/30/2023 4:07:13 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

“Does the weight damage secondary roads?”

Of course, weight kills roads, and EV’s wear out the much more expensive low rolling resistant tires 30%+ faster. They are more expensive to insure. So don’t believe all the hype that they are way less expensive to operate. They are, but not to the degree what leftist Greenies want you to believe. Pay more, insure for more, somewhat less to maintain, I’m not sure it is even a brake even proposition.


118 posted on 07/30/2023 4:10:26 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Secret Agent Man

That right there is comforting.


119 posted on 07/30/2023 4:23:14 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: BobL

Just think how excited vandals will be.....just cause.


120 posted on 07/30/2023 4:25:21 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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