GM Wants to Produce a Lot of (electric) Cars — and Less of Everything Else

Barron's ^ | February 6, 2020 | Al Root

[Mr. Lucky]

Playboy had articles? Are you sure?

[setter]

“We believe climate change is real,”
Your customers don’t.”

The climate is warming. Ask any farmer who has been planting for 30 years.

We took a third hay cutting this past year in October on our farm. 2 years ago same thing and the year before that. We are taking our first cutting 6-7 weeks earlier than normal.

My 95 year old farmer uncle said that never happened in his lifetime.

[SaraJohnson]

Fascists... Government Motors.

[Gasshog]

I’ve got nothing against electric cars.

As long as you guys drive em, not me

[EVO X]

The only way I would make that drive with a Tesla is if I was moving.

[Mr. Lucky]

Yield increase is due more to improved plant genetics than global warming, but, even if your uncle’s observation is correct, are improved crop yields one of the symptoms of global warming that electric cars will eliminate?

[CtBigPat]

Rush wrote a song about that.

Rush - Red Barchetta

[Gasshog]

I want my own Rocket Pack

This is not the Future we were promised

[Eric in the Ozarks]

A pal I knew in Tulsa had a red convertible (air cooled) Porsche.
Beautiful car.

He traded it on an Audi.

[doorgunner69]

Refuse to own a Government Motors product, certainly not interested in their take on oversized golf karts.

[PapaBear3625]

Mary Barra has been CEO since 2014. She will pursue her quest for political correctness, at the cost of taking down GM.

[PapaBear3625]

Charge it to full, drive it five hours, grab lunch. Within 20 minutes, it’ll be 70% charged again, good for another four hours at highway speed. Time for dinner.

That presumes you will always find a charger before you run out of juice. And if you're in California in a power outage? A gas station can have a small generator to keep the pumps running, but it won't charge your car.

[doorgunner69]

Traded a late model aircooled Porsche for an AUDI??

Gack, fool did not deserve the car....

[Roman_War_Criminal]

In about 3 years that should be par for the course range for EV’s.

I’ve driven one for 5 years. Love them!
Have a co-worker who has over 100k miles on his and he’s only paid for new tires and flushed out the brake fluid once on it.

The maintenance is nothing on them.

[skimbell]

I'm waiting...

[John O]

Me too but only if that includes a full ten year 100,000 mile warranty on the battery and drive train.

Ten year 100,000 miles is not nearly enough. 10 years 300,000 miles is needed. Everyone around here drives well m more than 10,000 miles a year (rural America)

[DBrow]

Good catch! There are probably others as well.

[JPJones]

“We took a third hay cutting this past year in October on our farm. 2 years ago same thing and the year before that. We are taking our first cutting 6-7 weeks earlier than normal.

My 95 year old farmer uncle said that never happened in his lifetime.”

So global warming is a good thing.

BTW more Co2 in the atmosphere helps hay grow faster an stronger.

[Fresh Wind]

The low price for a Tesla is more like 35k with a range of 220 miles.

No, a stripped Model 3 costs $39,990 according to the Tesla website.

[setter]

“So global warming is a good thing.”

Depends where you live. I live in a Northern state. The people down South are screwed-They can’t make enough hay due to dry conditions.
They are having to come North with semi trucks to buy hay to feed their livestock.