Article

2024-07-19 Economy

Ford's Latest Pivot Shows That the EV Craze Has Fizzled Out

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by DarthVader 2024-07-19 11:21|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top

#1 Mods if you can delete one of these. Dunno why it posted twice.

Posted by DarthVader 2024-07-19 11:37|| 2024-07-19 11:37|| Front Page Top

#2 shouldn't that be "shorted out"?

Posted by Mercutio 2024-07-19 12:01|| 2024-07-19 12:01|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ Snark 'O the day candidate

Posted by DarthVader 2024-07-19 12:04|| 2024-07-19 12:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Worth repeating.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-19 12:17|| 2024-07-19 12:17|| Front Page Top

#5 No issues DV. Green, eco-failures should be repeated loudly and often.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-07-19 12:50|| 2024-07-19 12:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Turning a negative into a positive.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-07-19 13:30|| 2024-07-19 13:30|| Front Page Top

#7 The massive Chinese commitment of capital to build plants in Mexico to flood the US with cheap "Chinese EV-Yugos" might just be a strategic mistake after all?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-07-19 13:35|| 2024-07-19 13:35|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ The Chinese dealership owners, salesmen and mechanics continue to arrive daily.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-07-19 13:45|| 2024-07-19 13:45|| Front Page Top

#9 subtle, swksvolFF, maybe too much so for this crowd....

Posted by Mercutio 2024-07-19 19:20|| 2024-07-19 19:20|| Front Page Top

#10 I'll admit, I work in the oilfield and yet our minivan is a hybrid. Plug in hybrid. And yes, it's saved us money. We used to have a Honda Pilot, very nice, touring model. But it did it's job and sacrificed itself to protect my wife when someone T-boned the car next to her and threw them at her. She was okay, just some bruises. Good car, did it's job. Now I have to replace it. Needed kidmobile for short haul trips mostly. So we found a used Pacifica hybrid and bought it, got a fast charger installed. So now my wife can take the kids to school and sports, all of which are less than 16 miles so she can make the entire trip on electric. Costs maybe $17 for an entire month. That's about $40 less than the pilot for one fill up and she was doing 2-3 month. So $17 vs $150/month for gas. In this case, it makes sense. We got a decent deal on it used. Would I get a purely electric one? HELL NO. There is a use for them, as a supplement, not as a primary drive train and sole source of power for a car. I'm also already looking for a future replacement that's an ICE. Hopefully around the time my kids can be trusted not to cave in the doors of cars parked next to us.

Posted by Silentbrick 2024-07-19 19:58|| 2024-07-19 19:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Thank you, but it is a day of quality snark, and I'm sure the crowd isn't looking for electrolytes.

I would be curious to hear from people who know, if the Mexico EV plants could pull a re-tool and make Sd.Kfz recreational tourist vehicles.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-07-19 20:05|| 2024-07-19 20:05|| Front Page Top

#12 Oh, it's fun to tell the EV owners who claim "We're hurting the oil companies" that no, no you are not. How much of your damn car is plastic?

Posted by Silentbrick 2024-07-19 20:13|| 2024-07-19 20:13|| Front Page Top

#13 Silentbrick #10 - if it works for you, awesome.

The issue is they want to MANDATE it for everyone. I drive to NV/Sierras a couple times a yr (600 Mi ea way). 11 hrs or so with dependable 300+ mi range on fill up. Charging? A couple days at best

Posted by Frank G 2024-07-19 21:01|| 2024-07-19 21:01|| Front Page Top

23:36 Skidmark
22:47 trailing wife
21:54 NoMoreBS
21:41 Jack+Creanter7508
21:39 Jack+Creanter7508
21:38 Jack+Creanter7508
21:17 Airandee
21:07 Woodrow
21:01 Frank G
20:56 Woodrow
20:18 swksvolFF
20:13 Silentbrick
20:05 swksvolFF
20:05 Chesing Shaviling4875
19:58 Silentbrick
19:54 swksvolFF
19:48 swksvolFF
19:35 Abu Uluque
19:31 Procopius2k
19:20 Mercutio
18:16 Raj
18:14 Frank G
18:13 Raj
17:54 Silentbrick