CA bans gas vehicles

[AmusedObserver]

@Samm

@Guntsu

I can, it will do nothing…EV’s are still the future.

That’s what they said about 8-track audio tapes.

Tell that to the CEOs of every major car manufacturer. They’re all shifting investments in both R&D and production to almost exclusively electric.

If only these executives had the insight that the mysterious “they” have.

[Samm]

@Guntsu

Your grandkids are gonna love their EV’s, bookmark this

Maybe. What they don’t know won’t hurt them.

On the other hand, our grandkids have “rediscovered” LPs.

[Samm]

@Guntsu

By the time your grandkids are driving they will be main stream. Self driving will be next.

That doesn’t make it better. They won’t know the pleasure of driving a four-speed manual either.

[PurpnGold]

@Samm

@Guntsu

By the time your grandkids are driving they will be main stream. Self driving will be next.

That doesn’t make it better. They won’t know the pleasure of driving a four-speed manual either.

Or a horse and carriage

[Guntsu]

Driving stick is awesome, it’s unfortunate it has faded away other then some specific types.

[Guntsu]

@PurpnGold

Or a horse and carriage

Hey people pay money to get “driven” around in horse drawn carriage…ah the nostalgia

Maybe the same will happen to ICE vehicles?

[Samm]

@Guntsu

And boy do they love that golf cart?! Am I rite?

I get you don’t like the “legislation” it’s a California thing so your good.

But mark my words by 2035 EV’s will be mainstream, current investments by car manufacturers are all headed that way.

Well, unless we get an Administration that supports domestic mineral extraction, they will have to buy them without any rebate, because that’s effectively what the EV rebate law requires in 2023.

[Samm]

@AmusedObserver

@Samm

@AmusedObserver

@WuWei

I’d like to see your evidence of “exponential” please.

~4.2% of car sales in 2020, ~7.2% in 2021, slightly over 10% this year. This includes all cars that can be plugged in, both hybrids and full battery.

2020-11, COVID job disruptions and supply chain problems.

You’re correct - with all those issues, new car sales declined in 2021! Well, overall they did … but despite these problems, sales of plug-in hybrids GREW by 57% in 2021, and full EVs by 80%. Let me repeat that, GREW.

Imagine how they’d have done in a more stable environment.

It’s easy to grow sales by large percentages when the numbers are small. Regardless of the supply chain coming back toward pre-covid days, the supply of the metals and other minerals needed to produce batteries and motors and other electronic components has not improved accordingly. Expect the percent of sales increase to slow down significantly unless the US very quickly begins to develop domestic mineral supplies.

[Samm]

@AmusedObserver

@Samm

@Guntsu

I can, it will do nothing…EV’s are still the future.

That’s what they said about 8-track audio tapes.

Tell that to the CEOs of every major car manufacturer. They’re all shifting investments in both R&D and production to almost exclusively electric.

If only these executives had the insight that the mysterious “they” have.

I bet those CEOs barely sleep at night wondering how they are ever going to get their hands on the components and materials needed to build all those cars …

[PurpnGold]

@Guntsu

Driving stick is awesome, it’s unfortunate it has faded away other then some specific types.

I will always keep a stick around. I just love it. But my wife can’t drive one… so can’t be a main car unfortunately

[Samm]

@PurpnGold

@Samm

@Guntsu

By the time your grandkids are driving they will be main stream. Self driving will be next.

That doesn’t make it better. They won’t know the pleasure of driving a four-speed manual either.

Or a horse and carriage

Once is a thrill, more than once is amusing, routinely is a significant bother.

[Samm]

@Guntsu

Driving stick is awesome, it’s unfortunate it has faded away other then some specific types.

It’s the best theft control device available.

[Striker840]

@AmusedObserver

@Samm

@AmusedObserver

@WuWei

I’d like to see your evidence of “exponential” please.

~4.2% of car sales in 2020, ~7.2% in 2021, slightly over 10% this year. This includes all cars that can be plugged in, both hybrids and full battery.

2020-11, COVID job disruptions and supply chain problems.

You’re correct - with all those issues, new car sales declined in 2021! Well, overall they did … but despite these problems, sales of plug-in hybrids GREW by 57% in 2021, and full EVs by 80%. Let me repeat that, GREW.

Imagine how they’d have done in a more stable environment.

MAYBE because new ICE cars were hard to find. Most new lots in my region had very few new cars on their lots. In fact the new inventory is still quite low.

[STODR]

Color me shocked a liberal rag has a misleading headline. Really dude? we can read but thanks for your input

[WuWei]

Pity.

[zantax]

@AmusedObserver

@Samm

@Guntsu

I can, it will do nothing…EV’s are still the future.

That’s what they said about 8-track audio tapes.

Tell that to the CEOs of every major car manufacturer. They’re all shifting investments in both R&D and production to almost exclusively electric.

If only these executives had the insight that the mysterious “they” have.

And we all know domestic car companies have never made a mistake.

[WuWei]

[TheRedComet]

@WuWei

[Samm]

@zantax

@AmusedObserver

@Samm

@Guntsu

I can, it will do nothing…EV’s are still the future.

That’s what they said about 8-track audio tapes.

Tell that to the CEOs of every major car manufacturer. They’re all shifting investments in both R&D and production to almost exclusively electric.

If only these executives had the insight that the mysterious “they” have.

And we all know domestic car companies have never made a mistake.

Yep. The Edsel was going to be a hit, wasn’t it.

[TheRedComet]

Or this affront to decent human civilization.

Someone at GM thought you could turn a Cavalier into a Cadillac and sell it for twice the price of said Cavalier.

Rumor has it that the Cadillac branch office has a picture of this car with the words “Lest we Forget” on a plaque.