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What a putz.

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Facts can be inconvenient.

limoguy

Oh, stop. What's the point?

limoguy · ‎19-04-2022

Unfortunately, if the government gets involved it becomes a political issue by definition.

limoguy · ‎15-04-2022

I think hybrid is the sweet spot of current technology.

limoguy · ‎05-04-2022

Lighten up, Francis.

limoguy · ‎21-02-2022

Amen, brother.

limoguy · ‎21-02-2022

The desirability of EVs will determine whether they sell, and how they do the job compared to IC. If people decide they do not want to buy them, nothing anyone does can stop them.

limoguy · ‎21-02-2022

I suspect if you were hearing about climate in 1975, it was global winter, not global warming.

limoguy · ‎21-02-2022

When buying a used electric vehicle, the cost of battery replacement will figure into the acquisition price.

limoguy · ‎21-02-2022

Currently (did you see that?) electric vehicles are a niche market. They will continue to be until they do a better job at what people buy vehicles for.

limoguy · ‎21-02-2022

It appears the gummint and the manufacturers have it all planned out. It's not a given that consumers are along for the ride.

limoguy · ‎21-02-2022

Sometimes the reason is as simple as, "Because I wanted to see if I could."

limoguy · ‎17-02-2022

Yet 2022 production is spoken for.

limoguy · ‎17-02-2022

Subsidize what?

limoguy · ‎17-02-2022

Prius batteries go for about $4K.

limoguy · ‎17-02-2022

Maybe so, if the PTB figure out a reliable, abundant, politically acceptable source of electricity. Right now EVs are niche vehicle. I believe the size of the niche may change in the future, but not the fact.

limoguy · ‎27-01-2022

I think I'll wait until we actually get there to say the ICE is history.

limoguy · ‎27-01-2022

Subsidize our love affair with petroleum forever? Tell us more.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

Very well stated.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

We see the same idea today, 'leaders' jetting around the world on private jets, telling us all to use less fuel.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

They didn't replace the horse because the government said you could no longer breed horses. The government has a piss poor record of mandating technologies.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

The apartment building is the future of the cities. How will apartment dwellers charge their cars? The net effect will be less private ownership of vehicles.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

Electric vehicles have been five years away from being the future since 1975, by my reckoning.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

Evolution, not revolution.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

Tesla is a niche marketer.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

Exactly so. This is top down government mandate.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

You cannot pay for the scale of development being undertaken by the margin on the number of electric vehicles which will be sold in the next 10 years. The financials do not work.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

Exactly so.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

If the government mandates the solution, as they are...and they are wrong, we are ALL in deep doo doo.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

Add to that The Left is pushing to eliminate natural gas as a power source for electricity generation, along with coal. No nukes. I want to know the source of this electricity. Electric vehicles are a niche. They will be a niche for the foreseeable future.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

Excess capacity? Didn't I see a headline that authorities asked people not to charge their cars because there were brownouts? Are brownouts seen regularly in California and now Texas during times of high demand? The electric industry forecasts serious deficits three to five years out. Not enough generation and not enough transmission. Not to mention the last quarter mile challenge, upgrading infrastructure through to the home power outlet.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

Oh, piff. If the market were headed toward electrification I would be more confident. Instead we have car companies trying to stay ahead of governmental market decrees. If centralized, top-down plans worked so well, the USSR would be the predominant economy in the world.

limoguy · ‎20-01-2022

I've thought the same. Toyota has proven the hybrid concept. It works and is durable, as can be seen by the number of Prius operated by taxi companies. The incremental cost of the hybrid system is more than covered by fuel savings. They use a fuel for which we already have infrastructure. Those who see an imminent electric future seriously underestimate the challenges.

limoguy · ‎18-01-2022

It took one trip on I-405 on Eastside Seattle to convince me to sell my motorcycle.

limoguy · ‎06-01-2022

Currently (no pun intended) electric vehicles occupy a niche. That will be true for the foreseeable future, the plans of auto executives and politicians notwithstanding.

limoguy · ‎02-12-2021

So far as I know, no serious person gives politicians credit for accomplishing anything of value. EVs may come or not, but this Soviet style top-down, central planning scheme will not help but only hinder. EVs are now a niche product. The niche may grow over the next few years, but that will not change that fact. I believe the domestics want to avoid a repeat of the '70s where emissions controls sent a couple to their graves and knocked the others flat. At least with EVs they can have some certainty, and the runup in gas prices is designed to provide a tailwind. If buyers won't buy, they'll be in a world of hurt.

limoguy · ‎18-10-2021

More likely, they'll plug in their portable heaters.

limoguy · ‎15-10-2021

Every time I hear that song I hear "Buy a truck."

limoguy · ‎24-07-2021

Who knows if those will be the old cars the next generation will collect?

limoguy · ‎24-07-2021

Very well said.

limoguy · ‎24-07-2021

Survivor versus restored has to do with authenticity.

limoguy · ‎10-05-2021

Oh, piff.

limoguy · ‎27-04-2021

A couple points: There's a huge difference between talk and results. Manufacturers saying they'll be able to supply a lot of electric vehicles is not the same as saying the public will buy them. Not at all. The politicians killed the domestic car industry for 10 years in the 1970s because of ill advised environmental regulation.

limoguy · ‎27-04-2021

'Reasonable?' By what scale?

limoguy · ‎19-04-2021

Air sweep. That's a new one for me.

limoguy · ‎15-04-2021

Yes, we saw what happened when the car was ordered...right?

limoguy · ‎20-03-2021

Did you feel a little bit outclassed?

limoguy · ‎20-03-2021

"Look at that...we got us a regular Ben-Hur..."

limoguy · ‎20-03-2021

I suspect the fact that the Bullitt Mustang was largely stock adds to the appeal; it's easy to imagine driving it. The Bronco is largely a race car with Bronco sheet metal.