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To: ChicagoConservative27

They are nice looking vehicles. I’ve seen a couple around town.


7 posted on 10/02/2023 12:50:53 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Pearls Before Swine
They are nice looking vehicles. I’ve seen a couple around town.

I've seen a few at charging stations. They are a good showpiece, but IMHO that's it. Even though my wife and I like our EV car, we hate the government's push to force or subsidize EV's. And I certainly don't understand the truck EV makers' reasoning for going with full-size truck EV's.

They should have tried it first with small trucks since people don't buy small trucks for carrying large loads long distances (what EV trucks are horrible at). Nor do they use them for long family trips. Most people with small trucks are a potential market for practical EV use because they tend to use their trucks mainly for commuting with an every now and then light load --- the kinds of things EV's are good at (assuming other variables are right in your situation for an EV, like warm climate, the ability to charge at home, drive enough miles to make the gas savings worth the other costs, etc.).

13 posted on 10/02/2023 12:57:42 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

My neighbor has one, it is a very sharp looking vehicle, but so are tons of other vehicles, most of which cost way more than I would be willing to pay.

Remember back in the last 90s at the height of the Dot Com bubble, any hair brained idea about doing something called the internet, which was relatively new at the time, you could raise billions in a public offering.

The vast majority of those companies went bankrupt practically overnight and massive layoffs in the tech industry ensued.

I can see something similar happening to these EV companies and much of these Green Energy companies.


16 posted on 10/02/2023 1:02:28 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: Pearls Before Swine

You know, there are hundreds of real nice pretty cars on lots around here. Course most of them have 100000+ miles on them.


23 posted on 10/02/2023 1:17:57 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

I know! They look great! The Lucid sedan is gorgeous too.

I’m not sure either company will be round in a couple years.

Speaking of electrics, Tesla is on the brink of finally marketing what has to be the ugliest US-made car since the Pontiac Aztek:

The Cybertruck.


27 posted on 10/02/2023 1:26:47 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
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Had one blow past like I was parked on a 70mph freeway


41 posted on 10/02/2023 2:06:16 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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