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“Why do we even assume winning the EV war is a good thing?
If an EV future were inevitable, the state wouldn’t have to bribe and force companies to produce them.
Then again, whenever Democrats talk about “manufacturing jobs,” they mean the manufacturing of EVs or solar panels.
Even in that regard, limiting choices on supposedly “clean energy” alternatives makes no sense.
Really, what we have is a corporate/union bailout.
But even the workers supposedly being protected aren’t going to have jobs for too long if we keep propping up technocratic wish-casting with billions in tax dollars.
Even with subsidies, mandates and endless puffery about the alleged upsides, carmakers lose around $6,000 on every $50,000 EV they sell.
Ford says it is losing $100,000 on every EV it produces.
In 2022 the auto giant lost $2.1 billion on EVs. In 2023, it lost $4.7 billion.
In 2024, Ford expects to lose over $5 billion....”
How long can a motor company like Ford continue to produce something it is losing money on before it ceases production? This insistence on going to EVs was, is, & will continue to be a bad idea & certainly as long as they are proven unsuitable for most people. This kind of thinking of requiring EVs could possibly lead to a standstill of the whole nation. Can this “green new deal” stand even after Joe Biden is gone? Sooner rather than later, I hope.