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2023-07-30 -Great Cultural Revolution

Ford set to lose $4.5 billion on electric vehicles this year, despite increased revenue

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-30 06:46|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Biden admin unveils latest effort to crack down on gas-powered cars, push EVs

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-30 06:57|| 2023-07-30 06:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Government 'loans' (or investments as they are referred to) will cover Ford's losses. The loans will obviously be forgiven.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-30 07:21|| 2023-07-30 07:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Never mind that there is no "government money," only money the gummint has coercively extracted from the taxpayer. "Printed" money can just be considered a tax on as yet unborn taxpayers.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-30 07:25|| 2023-07-30 07:25|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ No greater, or more painful truth.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-30 07:27|| 2023-07-30 07:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Do you live in an electric vehicle 'charging desert'? An EV is out of reach for many Americans

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-30 07:29|| 2023-07-30 07:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Anywhere you could be stranded in too hot or too cold conditions with no ride passing by or shelter withing walking distance, an EV could get you killed.

The policy makers for the most part never leave the safe parts of their beloved urban enclaves. They know nothing of Death Valley in August or the middle of nowhere on the Kansas prairie in February.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-30 08:08|| 2023-07-30 08:08|| Front Page Top

#7 ..or the middle of nowhere on the Kansas prairie in February.

I was thinking most anywhere in Wyoming or the rural Dakotas (areas NOT near the Interstates) in December-March. To be fair, some of the small town do have one or two chargers for public use...if they're operational that is.

Northwestern Colorado or a good portion of Montana springs to mind, too.

What they don't talk about is the need for owners to install a 50-60 ampere 240-volt charging station (they say 30 ampere minimum, but the newer 'long distance' EVs require at least 50A chargers). Kind of tough if your older home has only a 60-100 ampere electrical service. Charge your vehicle or run your freezer.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-07-30 08:55|| 2023-07-30 08:55|| Front Page Top

#8 #2 Yep. The modern consumer is the antecedent to the new and glorious Gummint Customer.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-07-30 10:15|| 2023-07-30 10:15|| Front Page Top

#9 A few years ago, IIRC, there was a blizzard the DC area, stranding motorists on I-95 for 20-30 hours. I recall several stories about how EV owners suffered compared t fossil fueled vehicles.

Posted by Bobby 2023-07-30 11:54|| 2023-07-30 11:54|| Front Page Top

#10 "It's the wave of the future."
The future does not look good.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-07-30 13:41|| 2023-07-30 13:41|| Front Page Top

#11

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-30 13:48|| 2023-07-30 13:48|| Front Page Top

#12 California is using portable deisel generators to charge electric trucks.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-07-30 14:07|| 2023-07-30 14:07|| Front Page Top

#13 How many of these 50-60+ Amp chargers will a residential neighborhood's electrical network be able to support? How many charges per day? The 'EV Revolution' requires a rebuilding of the electrical infrastructure (many, many $dollars$) -OR- strangling the 'American Dream' of private car ownership ...which one do you think the elites will opt for?

Posted by magpie 2023-07-30 18:38|| 2023-07-30 18:38|| Front Page Top

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