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‘Reality Check’: Ford CEO Admits Charging Electric Vehicle During Road Trip ‘Pretty Challenging’
Breitbart ^ | 08/18/2023 | AMY FURR

Posted on 08/18/2023 12:09:28 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Ford’s CEO apparently got complaints from electric vehicle (EV) owners during his recent cross-country road trip.

While on his journey, Jim Farley drove one of the company’s electric pickup trucks, Fox Business reported Friday, noting he called the act of charging the vehicle “pretty challenging.”

“It was a really good reality check of the challenges of what our customers go through and the importance of fast charging and what we’re going to have to do to improve the charging experience,” Farley stated in a video clip posted Sunday:

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automotive; ceo; electric; electricvehicle; electricvehicles; ev; evs; ford; roadtrip
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Reality check?!

What in Hades happened to R&D?!


41 posted on 08/18/2023 2:53:09 PM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: mewzilla
Ford receives $9.2 billion government loan for EV battery factory projects / The eye-popping sum represents the biggest government investment in the auto industry since the bailouts from the Great Recession.

Then again, who needs R&D, eh?

42 posted on 08/18/2023 2:55:59 PM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Imagine the kerfuffle if everybody in America drove a battery-only EV. And then come Thanksgiving, everybody in America decided to drive to Grandma’s house two states over for turkey supper.

And it’s 26° and starting to snow.

Wouldn’t that be A HOOT?


43 posted on 08/18/2023 2:59:38 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Rennes Templar
"One could look at it as an opportunity for homeowners along highways to install their own charging stations, then advertise on Facebook, etc. Would be like Air B&B. Come in and have a coffee, computer access, etc. while your vehicle charges for an hour. $150. Owners could schedule throughout the day."

That you would propose that with the tiniest glimmer of seriousness illustrates how absurd the proposition is of all of us driving battery-only cars.

44 posted on 08/18/2023 3:02:50 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Rennes Templar

“CarBnB”


45 posted on 08/18/2023 3:46:14 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Rennes Templar

https://montanafreepress.org/2023/07/27/what-happened-when-a-tesla-came-to-ekalaka-montana/


46 posted on 08/18/2023 6:34:27 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Disambiguator

CarCnC [Charge ‘n Charge]


47 posted on 08/18/2023 6:35:22 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: DarrellZero
if only there was a type of engine that could be refueled in only a few minutes

How about a Manhattan Project-like research program to come up with cheap, reliable electricity?

48 posted on 08/18/2023 8:15:46 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Paal Gulli

Well if electric should become the norm, it would be like regular and super gas. Lower class would have to get in line and wait in cars. Upper class could afford the CarB&B.


49 posted on 08/18/2023 8:20:58 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Rd later.


50 posted on 08/19/2023 5:51:30 AM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
... the importance of fast charging...

"Fast charging" reduces battery life.

51 posted on 08/19/2023 6:00:30 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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