Posted on 12/03/2024 3:42:25 AM PST by Adder
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Several affordable plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are available in the USA market for 2024. Here are some of the most budget-friendly options:
Top Affordable PHEVs
2024 Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid
Starting MSRP: $40,500
Electric range: Approximately 37 miles
Combined fuel efficiency: 105 MPGe
Total range: Around 520 miles15
2024 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid
Starting MSRP: $34,765
Electric range: 34 miles
Hybrid efficiency: 48 mpg combined
Total range: 510 miles45
2024 Toyota Prius Prime
Starting MSRP: $34,070
Electric range: 45 miles
Hybrid efficiency: 52 mpg combined
Total range: Not specified, but likely substantial given its efficiency4
Vat iz dis ting you call “road trip”, comrade? Vi haf no such use caze in People’s Transportation Protocol...
Great summary of the entire global agenda.
The Chevy Volt did this but was discontinued after the 2019 model year...
The Volt gets good reviews https://www.edmunds.com/chevrolet/volt/2018/consumer-reviews/?sorting=%7B%22updated%22%3A%22DESC%22%7D
Chevy should have kept making them. But instead moved over to making the Bolt EV. Dumb dumb dumb. A few months ago a FReeper was telling me he was so pleased with the used Volt he bought.
Add up the probles with the batteries & the other assorted stuff & I can easily understand the slow sales. I will never own one if I can help it, but my actual driving situation is such that an EV would work for me...except for numerous “other” problems (like price for one) that I cannot afford to deal with.
A couple of years ago we had a large snow storm here in northern Virginia that shut down I95. People were stranded for a long time and the EV drivers had to rely on the good graces of the real car drivers to stay in the real car driver's vehicles so as not to freeze to death.
Well, there us that.
I owned a 1980 VW Rabbit Diesel C. Bare bones, no AC. The winter of 1980 I turned the key to start the glow plugs and the wiring harness under the dash caught on fire. I put it out with my gloved hand.
Against the citizens of Michigan's wishes, Whitless pushed through that battery plant up near Big Rapids. We have good friends who live near there and not many are for that plant. We have a home north of there and really do not want to see that ChiCom operation.
Do you think the Chinese will abide by pollution rules? I doubt it, then they will contaminate the land and the water table. If we go to war with them they will intentionally contaminate our water supply.
BIG RAPIDS, MI — Electric vehicle battery manufacturer Gotion was approved for $715 million in public incentives Wednesday as part of a deal to build a plant in Big Rapids, a move expected to create up to 2,350 jobs and generate a $2.4 billion investment.
The incentives, including a 30-year renaissance zone designation whose value is estimated at $540 million, were approved by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s board. Renaissance zones are designated areas where a business can operate virtually tax free, according to MEDC.
The terms of the public incentives stipulate that Gotion would fulfill its jobs and investment requirements by Dec. 31, 2031.
The company has selected for the project a site near U.S. 131 and the Big Rapids airport.
Speaking to reporters prior to the meeting, Quentin Messer Jr., CEO of the MEDC, said the project represents the “largest economic development project this far north in the great history of Michigan.”
“The project will serve the increasing demand in the battery production industry, further setting Michigan apart as a leader in battery manufacturing and innovation while growing its vehicle assembly opportunity,” he said.
Gotion is the Silicon Valley-based subsidiary of Gotion High-tech Co., a company founded in 1998 and based in Hefei, China. The company plans to build two 550,000 square foot production plants as well as an “electrical substation, sewage treatment station, testing center, warehouse, and other supporting facilities,” according to the MEDC.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon has spoken out against the project using public dollars to lure the company to Michigan.
On Wednesday, when asked about the merits of giving state incentives to a Chinese-owned company, Messer said “Gotion was planning to invest in the U.S.,” and that it makes sense for Michigan to compete for those jobs.
How is the Chinese battery plant progressing? Since the EV market is shrinking, the Chinese might never complete building that factory. With Tarrifs Trump coming in.
By a weird coincidence...
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