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Automaker Stellantis lays off hundreds of American workers, blaming high cost of making electric cars
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| December 10, 2022
| By Julia Musto
Posted on 12/10/2022 2:34:38 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: ridesthemiles
Probably more of our money, than they should have...
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posted on
12/10/2022 6:21:27 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Paladin2
“Nothing wrong with a 10 spd xmission.“
Until you have to repair/replace it. The point is to get the cars CAFE compliant you have to over engineer the hell out of them which causes countless points of failure.
To: gibsonguy
Your optimal # of speeds for an A/T?
[I maintain a propensity for owning manual xmission vehicles [6]].
YMMV.
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posted on
12/10/2022 8:02:46 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
you are missing my point..again. You do that a lot here.
To: gibsonguy
You are not answering the question as to your solution.
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posted on
12/10/2022 8:08:13 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Bernard
“The plant in Belvedere has been closing and laying off workers for decades.”
It hits the Rockford area pretty hard. Used to be a great American industrial city. That’s all but gone now.
L
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posted on
12/10/2022 8:09:49 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: gibsonguy
Although you might think this Ford 10 speed transmission would be huge considering the number of gears, it really isn’t. Ingenious packaging allows the 10R80 transmission to fit into roughly the same footprint as a more conventional Ford 6-speed automatic transmission. To make this possible, a special space saving triple-clutch assembly (there are six clutches in total; 2 brake, 4 rotating) is mounted toward the middle of the one-piece aluminum case (there’s also four gearsets in there too).
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posted on
12/10/2022 8:19:29 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: gibsonguy
You may be ignoring the # of hardware sets v. the software [and control modules]. Four gear sets are not that much more complicated than the 3 gearsets of an older 4 spd auto. with a lower number of clutchpacks.
Both transmissions have a single microprocessor [or hydro analog computer for way older vehicles [which I still have].
Old Skool manuals remain the most reliable.
YMMV.
Go get a commie EV and be happy.
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posted on
12/10/2022 8:21:01 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: House Atreides
Money well wasted.
Indeed the electric Edsel
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posted on
12/11/2022 7:52:49 AM PST
by
Vaduz
(LAWYERS )
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