Under the proposed standards from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, fleet-wide fuel economy for new vehicles would be pushed close to 58 miles per gallon by 2032. That's up from the 49 mpg required by 2026 under the current iteration of the rules.
Thereby they've made EVs the only option.
Biden administration proposes new fuel economy standards, with higher bar for trucks
Youtube: GM CEO Just SHUT DOWN EV Production! HUGE NEWS!
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Try buying a Porsche 911 of nearly any model.
Its been almost impossible for the last 4 years.
Tesla opened a location not too far away in what used to be a BMW dealership (it had moved). There are a lot of Tesla’s on the lot. I’m not sure if that’s normal or not.
In Texas two weeks ago Tesla sold 2997 cars during a 7 day window, last week they sold 6016.
When cheaper models, around $25k, hit the market, sales will explode. Right now electric vehicles are more of a luxury.
I want to buy a used Model 3 when I can afford it. It’s not about saving the environment. I find the low maintenance, high performance, and potential to function off the grid appealing. The last aspect would require me to have sufficient solar power.
I.nteral C.ombustion E.ngine
Yo, GMC, let’s kick it!
I.C.E., I.C.E., baby
I.C.E., I.C.E., baby
Alright stop, collaborate and listen
I.C.E is back as a not new invention
Something moves a speed of me highly
Drive like a harpoon daily and nightly
Will it ever stop? Yo, I don’t know
Turn on the lights, and it’ll glow
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Worldwide, the largest-selling vehicle of any kind is the Tesla Model Y. Tesla vehicles are available in standard, long-range, and performance variants. The Model 3 sedan starts at a price lower than the median sales price of a car in America . . . which obviously can be expressed as, higher than almost half of the sales in America.It’s saying something when no other vehicle world wide sells better than a car which is priced higher than the median sales price of a vehicle.
The traditional car companies have not - and because of things like the UAW seemingly cannot - offered EV models which compare at all in features with Tesla offerings at remotely comparable prices.
I have never been in the market for a premium priced new car, and my 10 yo car still works well. But for people in the premium market, there is the question of range of a BEV compared to the typical use case. If you’re a traveling salesman, maybe you need more range than an EV that could require a longish charge stop during the day (perhaps at lunch hour, even at that).
But if there’s a suitable Tesla in your price range, and especially if it has the range you actually need almost all the time, Tesla’s web site (you don’t get the pleasure of negotiating price with a car dealership when buying a Tesla) might be worth a look. Confirm for yourself that batteries hold up as well or better than gas engines (batteries store available energy whereas your gas tank only stores fuel which has to be converted at about 40% efficiency in to available shaft horsepower, which in turn has to be converted to torque at driveshaft RPM by a transmission. The “motor” of a BEV converts the “available” electric energy of the battery directly into torque at driveshaft RPM, so in a real sense its function is more like that of the transmission of a traditional car than like a traditional engine of a car).
Every Tesla comes standard with a computer programmed to keep you informed as to where you can/should charge on your route. Electric juice is cheaper than gasoline for a given range traveled. Even more so if you’re using 110 or (preferably) 220 at home to do the charging.
The plain fact is that EVs sell best in “blue” states at present - but don’t be surprised if the rest of the country starts to catch up. Tesla has announced that it will start delivering its first production pickup trucks - of startling design appearance - at the end of this month.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Says State Will Phase Out Sale of New Gas Powered Cars by 2035