Off-Topic The Car Thread

[SpikeUM]

No.

They are trying to destroy the concept of a personal vehicle owned by you.

Juve, glad to see you again!

 

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[GojiraCane]

I remember seeing these in South Florida when I was a kid:

 

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[SpikeUM]

The 2023 EV reality check​

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. That aphorism, coined by former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, now applies to the World of Electric Vehicles. Legacy auto industry executives just two years ago were boasting about the billions they planned to spend on waves of new electric vehicles and EV battery giga-factories. Now the same executives are racing to reassure investors that they are reining in runaway EV budgets and are committed to returning to shareholders more of the cash generated by their combustion engine trucks and SUVs. The EV strategy detours – led by GM, Ford and Volkswagen – do not mean the end of the shift away from combustion vehicles, industry executives and analysts agree. Forecasts vary, but they all point to significant increases in EV sales and production globally over the next decade – led by China. What’s changed are expectations for how soon mainstream, middle-income car buyers will adopt electric vehicles, and how quickly the costs for EV batteries will drop to allow automakers to turn a profit on vehicles that sell at prices average families can afford. The answers as of now: Not yet, and not fast enough. What’s ahead in 2024? More wrangling over government EV subsidies. In the United States, there will be an election year brawl over EV policy. Western automakers, meanwhile, will be racing to slash EV production costs before China’s automakers make their lead even wider.

 

[JD08]

GM to lay off 1,300 Michigan workers as vehicles end production

The largest of the layoffs were expected. They include 945 workers at Orion Assembly who build Chevrolet Bolt models, which are ending production after this year.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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[JD08]

Understanding discontinuance among California’s electric vehicle owners - Nature Energy

An often-overlooked aspect of vehicle electrification is how often and why owners give up on electric vehicles. Using surveys of California electric vehicle owners, Hardman and Tal find discontinuance rates of 20% and 18% among plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicle owners, and examine the...

www.nature.com

I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped | Rowan Atkinson

Sadly, keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV, says actor Rowan Atkinson

www.theguardian.com

Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson blamed for slow electric car sales

The Green Alliance thinktank tells peers in the House of Lords the actor's views are "damaging" to the government's plans for phasing out petrol and diesel vehicles.

news.sky.com

 

[Tony4Canes]

Anyone Lease??

Thinking about it since I'm driving less than 10k miles a year now.

 

[SpikeUM]

Anyone Lease??

Thinking about it since I'm driving less than 10k miles a year now.

You generally buy when you dont drive much or drive a lot. 10K a year is actually perfect for a lease.

 

[SpikeUM]

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies​

https://archive.is/6YyXQ

 

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[SpikeUM]

@JD08 good call on hybrids, from Reuters today

U.S. sales of gas-electric hybrid vehicles have accelerated this year, and automakers and suppliers are doubling down on investments that count on demand for hybrids to keep growing for years to come – notwithstanding California’s call to phase out all combustion vehicles by 2035.

 

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