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The 'Absolute Worst Thing' That Could Happen to the Electric Vehicle Industry Right Now Just Did
(Round 3?)
townhall.com ^
| 8/26/2021
| Leah Barkoukis
Posted on 08/26/2021 9:04:25 AM PDT by rktman
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DOH! Gee golly. This just is soul crushing. Has anyone let grrrrrreta know this calamitous news yet. I love the smell of burning 'bolts' in the morning. As long as they're in the driveway and not in the garage.
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:04:25 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
The good news is that the country is building hundreds of new power plants to supply all the electricity that will be needed for the electric vehicle fleet...
Oops!
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:05:44 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: cgbg
Glad I have the following GM vehicles:
1979 Buick station wagon
1976 1 ton Chevy dually truck
To: rktman
All those billions of dollars wasted!
I suppose there will be many parts still salvagable.
The problem with the battery was supposed to have been discovered during project development. Right?
It was a design flaw.
I suspect some within project development will end of being ‘re-assigned’ to other, less crucial jobs.
EV manufacters from Japan and Europe are probably giving each other a High Five, celebrating their good fortune.
To: rktman
"The defects—a torn anode tab and a folded separator—created conditions …" Union-made no doubt—"Look for the Union label".
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:15:12 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: lee martell
The people in charge of this fiasco will all be promoted.
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:15:49 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(We have two Democrat parties. 50% of the US population is taxed w/o representation.)
To: rktman
Batteries are dangerous.
Anyone who has dealt with big electric vehicles (like fork trucks) for any length of time has stories.
The old lead acid batteries were fairly safe. They got to the point where you could kill the battery, but not burn the plant down.
The new Lithium ones are very good, but every once in a while turn into a torch. Enough that the first generation of Li for truck batteries were put in a special area just in case.
I do wonder how the EV’s meet residential fire code.
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:16:52 AM PDT
by
redgolum
(If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
To: Governor Dinwiddie
LOL! Yeah, I’m old enough to remember those commercials.
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:17:09 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: rktman
GM messed up - they didn’t get Uncle Sap to grant them immunity from lawsuits before putting out this deathtrap.
If they had, they could have called it the “Jab.”
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:18:41 AM PDT
by
decal
(MOLON JABE)
To: ClearCase_guy
Ha-Ha! That sounds like the Democratic Party.
OR like Labor Union pecking orders based on seniority.
To: ridesthemiles
“1979 Buick station wagon”
Affectionately known as “The Battering Ram”.
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:20:16 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: lee martell
The problem with the battery was supposed to have been discovered during project development. Right? It was a design flaw. It's almost a metaphor for the vaccine industry. Not enough testing time to shake out all the flaws.
-PJ
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:20:30 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: rktman
If GM goes completely electric, they’ll go completely out of business.
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:23:49 AM PDT
by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: rktman
10 fires out of how many cars? And a recall.
When are they going to recall the covid vaccines?
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:24:36 AM PDT
by
saleman
To: jerod
They’re all headed there.
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:24:59 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: rktman
So, where are these replacement batteries being made one wonders?
To: saleman
100k+ cars. Hmmmmm. Less deadly than CONvid-19 vax it would appear. Butt, health circus. Uh, crisis is what I meant. Yeah, that’s it, crisis.
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:27:40 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: Political Junkie Too
Once a technology is mature,safe, reliable and affordable the “powers that be” push a new unproven, expensive replacement.
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:27:41 AM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Freedom isnt free)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:29:12 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
08/26/2021 9:31:07 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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