The Answer To Our Problems, EV's

Unsold Electric Cars May Be Signaling A Death Spiral For The Auto Industry.
Guest Blogger
As new EV inventories on dealer lots continue to rise, there are bumpy roads ahead for EV penetration into the lifestyles of the common folks. . . .

 

It's not going to be a good year.
The Potential Looming Auto Industry Fiasco
Guest Blogger
But sanity is forbidden in the west. It is EV or nothing. Infrastructure be damned. Investment be damned. Popular demand be damned. . . . .

 

This article is good but he tends to make the same mistake everyone makes. They assume that EVs are just as good as ICEs and it's only a matter of time before the luddites catch up. That's not true. ICE remains, as it has for more than a century, a vastly superior technology that EVs can't dethrone.

Read the article again with that understanding and you'll understand just how collosal a fluster cluck is coming down the road.

And fast.

Buckle up, this'll hurt.

 

New EPA Tailpipe Standards Call EV Promises Into Question
Ethan Brown, RCEnergy

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Business·Fox Business
Man forced to ditch $115K Ford EV truck during family road trip to Chicago: ‘biggest scam of modern times’

 

The EV plateau is coming. It's bad news for companies like Ford and Tesla.

 

Here's a startling catalogue of EV problems.
Will Soaring Insurance Costs Derail the EV Revolution?
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AUGUST 23, 2023

 

Demand for EV's is weak.

Germany Falling Way Short Of Meeting E-Vehicle Targets…”Major Problem With The Trend”
By P Gosselin on 30. August 2023

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New, internal combustion engine (ICE) cars are planned to be eliminated from German streets by 2030, when Germans will have to purchase electric vehicles when buying a new car. That’s what the government plans.
But today Germany’s Blackout News site reports that there’s “a major problem with the trend of new car registrations.” It appears the figures are falling way short of the targets.

“According to Stefan Bratzel of the Center of Automotive Management (CAM) in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany is likely to fall well short of the government’s target of having at least 15 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2030,” reports Blackout News. As of January 1, 2022, 48,5 million passenger cars were registered in Germany. Only 1.2 million are electric battery type vehicles, which the government is pushing.

“The purchase of an electric car is currently supported by the federal government with up to 4,500 euros. However, as of Sept. 1, this subsidy will no longer apply to commercial buyers, who account for two-thirds of new registrations,” Blackout News adds. “From January next year, the maximum subsidy will be 3,000 euros.”

Consumers are still far from being convinced by what electric vehicles have to offer. They are costly, don’t really save CO2 under Germany’s current electricity supply mix, are inconvenient to charge and remain plagued by limited range.

The market share of battery-powered cars in new registrations is expected to fall to 12 percent from September and so far make up only 2.4 percent of all vehicles on the road. In fact this year, Germany is projected to sell fewer electric vehicles than last year.

Other problems hampering the sales of electric cars, according to Blackout News, include uncertainty surrounding government subsidies, consumers delaying purchases due to high prices, inflation and interest rates.

To meet the electric car sales target this year, 750,000 new cars of this type would need to be registered, but experts say a figure of just 450,000 new registrations “are realistically possible”.

“On the current growth trend, an inventory of 7 to 8 million electric cars would be reached by 2030 – just half the government’s planned amount,” reports Blackout News.

Another problem hampering progress on reaching the targets is that some buyers are thinking that it’s their last chance to acquire an internal combustion engine car and so are opting not pass up the opportunity to do so. After 2030, owners of ICE vehicles will still be allowed to continue operating them – until the car reaches the end of its life.

Also, political opposition to the ban of ICE cars is growing, and so it’s not even sure that new registrations of ICE vehicles will be stopped at all in 2030. Many don’t believe it’s even technically feasible.

 

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  Warning to electric vehicle owners as flooded car catches fire in Florida

 

The lesson from Forrest's mother still applies: "Stupid is as stupid does."
The Electric Car Debacle Shows the Top-Down Economics of Net Zero Don’t Add Up
Guest Blogger
From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood h/t Paul Kolk Blimey!! Ben Marlow has finally seen the light! Sadiq Khan’s controversial Ultra-Low Emissions Zone scheme for…

 

Yikes!
Electric vehicles catch fire after being exposed to saltwater from Hurricane Idalia
Eric Worrall
The Idalia vehicles were apparently flooded with salt water. My question – could salt spray from a windy day at the beach also trigger a deadly battery fire? . . . .

 

Business·Business Insider
Auto expert says Tesla's Model Y battery pack has 'zero repairability,' so a minor collision can junk the car

 

EV vs baby.
EV Charger RAGE: US Secretary of Energy Convoy Boxes Out a Young Family and Baby
Eric Worrall
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm’s 4 day EV celebration road trip backfired, after the Sheriff was called by a young family desperate to get their baby home. . . .

 

Sydney Airport EV Fire Destroys 5 Vehicles
Eric Worrall
Should Electric Vehicles be banned from airports and ferries? . . . .

 

It seems the EV transition is to be financed on the backs of workers.
Ford CEO: Granting Wage Rises Could Prevent The Transition to EVs
Eric Worrall
Imagine being told that you can’t have the cost of living increase you demanded, same percentage increase executives granted themselves, because Auto companies need the money to fund the EV…

 

Watch out for Tesla drivers.

US·Jalopnik
'Tesla Road Rage Guy' Gets Five Years In Prison

 

Ford Admits Their Risky EV Gamble Hinges on Government Coercion
Eric Worrall
Who could possibly have predicted that the promises of politicians aren’t worth the paper they are written on? . . . .

 

Values Of Used EVs Plummet, As Dealers Stuck With Unsold Cars
Guest Blogger
The average cost of second hand electric cars is plummeting by a “phenomenal amount” as they sit for “months on end” without any buyers. . . . .

 

John Lewis Stops Insuring Electric Cars Over Repair Cost Fears
Guest Blogger
John Lewis Financial Services has temporarily stopped insuring electric vehicles due to rising repair costs which are impacting profits. Specifically, concerns arise from the common battery damages, which are relatively…

 

American Thinker

October 3, 2023
Entire fleet of Jackson’s rechargeable buses out of commission, public transit service falls back on the ever-reliable diesel engine
By Olivia Murray

Excerpt:

Underneath the foreseeable fiasco is a scandal that views like a Solyndra rerun, and a grotesquely wasteful government—and as if Solyndra-esque plotlines and a federal government taking our hard earned money to prop up both parties on either end of a business deal from which a vast majority of the country does not benefit weren’t realities obscene and condemning enough, the latest act in the unfolding rechargeable vehicle drama of Jackson’s START system now can add a 100% failure rate of the product to the list. Cowboy State Daily’s Kevin Killough penned an article last week covering the news:

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Ooops........, more failures for the small number of EV supporters to swallow.

 

Fire rips through car park at Luton Airport
Guest Blogger
…the collapse of the floor and the speed at which the fire spread certainly raise the suspicion that one or more EVs were involved. . . .

 

Electric Van Maker On Verge Of Bankruptcy
Guest Blogger
Where have all the green jobs gone?

 

Business·Business Insider
A Tesla owner says his 'heart missed a beat' when he received a $20,000 bill after the battery was damaged by rain

 

Yikes!
Costs, Logistics of Plugging In EVs About To Be Supercharged
John Murawski, RCI

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Musk Lost How Much??????

https://fortune.com/2023/10/25/toyo...vehicles-ev-ford-gm-tesla-earnings-elon-musk/