Backward American Capitalism (and Trump) Are Getting Electrical Vehicles All Wrong. The dirty fossil fuel industry keeping gas-powered vehicles on the road are like the horse-and-buggy companies of 1902, which laughed at Henry Ford’s Model T for a while before being put out of business by it.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/capitalism-evs-china

by mafco

11 comments

  1. This is the inherent problem with conservatism. A fear of change and progress.

  2. I love my EV and I do not want to ever own another petro vehicle.

  3. Gas cars today still have a niche. But if we were designing from scratch a new system, EVs would win today hands down.

    And yes public transport is needed in major cities and we need intercity trains. However, cars are still needed for rural america and even suburban.

    Anyways, diesel trucks for long haul or minivans/trucks(only some) might still need to be gas today. But I suspect by 2030 the benefits of gas road transport won’t be as clear.

    But then we get to planes and boats. Probably 2050 and then idk about cost. And we have to deal with the slow phaseout of existing equipment

  4. Nothing here, old news click bait, political bashing. We know. Spend some effort showing people why EVs are the future and why they should get one … no let’s just blame politics and give people a free pass.

  5. Let free market operate. Once EVs will be a truly viable option, they’ll naturally prevail.

  6. or the German Bremen based ocean freight carrier who spent his money on a whole fleet of sail ships to prove coal was the wrong way, but ultimately; by getting his very own panties in a wad over this; juste sealed his own bankruptcy later on.

    Heinz Schliewen… what a joker…

    But Einstein proofes right again, supidity has no limits, as:

    Heinz Schliewen only to be surpassed by SkySails and Beluga Shipping, from, guess where???….

    Well Bremen.l again.

  7. The government shouldn’t offer subsidies to buy cars. It doesn’t matter the type. I drive an EV, I love it. People will make the switch, it’s just a better experience. I think the 700 mile range f150 essentially a EV with a built in generator will be a game changer.

  8. As a car buyer who prefers small, light rear wheel drive cars, there just isn’t a EV that appeals to me.

    When an automaker builds a compact, 2 door, rear-wheel drive coupe that weighs about 3,500 pounds, has a real transmission with gears, goes about 400 miles on a charge, recharges in 5 minutes at a proper station and not at some dark, remote convenience store parking lot and cost less than $60,000, I’ll think about it. But it’s going be hard to replace the sound of a proper engine and a good exhaust.

  9. EVs need SSB before becoming a better product that ICE. EVs need to disconnect from inferior Li ion batteries. OEMs gorged themselves on tax payer funded Biden’s IRA bill, will take measures like Ford writing off $ Billions before going to SSB. May well have been good intended but Biden’s IRA bill was horrible for the EV industry. OEMs spent too much time on Li ion tech because of the free tax payer money. Time to bite the bullet and move on to SSB and let consumers decide EV value not Biden sponsored government bureaucrats.

  10. I have and love my EV. Getting into a gas car is strange now. It’s slow, and feels like the motor is powered by gravel in a paint mixer.

    That being said- i own my home so I can charge it there.

    I don’t make any long distance trips.

    Like it or not gas cars are still a good value proposition for many. People will vote with their wallets most times.

  11. First they’ll have to convince consumers to buy it. Personally I’m not sure an EV is a good choice until they can get the charge time under 5 minutes.

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