And helium is not just hard to produce but (currently) impossible.  If we run out of extractable reserves in the earth, nobody has a way to make more.

1st gear: Lordstown is flailing, and Ford’s General Manager North American Commercial Business is rubbing it in:

Their insurance companies do. If there is a standard like this, it will end up impacting insurance premiums. 

Can you clarify if retail consumers can buy the Pro *with the 300-mile battery?*

Uhhhh, alright.

According to a completely unverified source in the F-Type owners FB group, it was a manual F-Type S being delivered to a customer, the shipper left the car in gear, parking brake off when lowering the ramp and it rolled off. The car was “totaled due to frame, extensive exhaust, suspension and bumper damage”. They…

This is exactly what I’d expect a lot of folks would want in an electric truck.

“(still rendering)” - Tesla

Of course the guy in the passenger seat wasn’t driving. That’s ridiculous. It was a remote control truck. Kamala was really driving it from her desk in the Oval Office.

These are roughly the same weight as a 1-ton truck with 3-4 people in it, so I don’t think we’re at risk of caving in any bridges just yet.

But I want to be angry NOW!

I appreciate that the Hummer is a first step along the way. Don't try to make it the entire journey.  Light weight will come when advancements in technology come.  Be patient and give it time.

Clean energy, which was supposed to have a banner year after Biden came into office, is in the toilet.

I’m not even sure it’s a regulation thing. It might just not be cost effective to bring them over since they’re built overseas and wagons don’t sell well here.

Polestar2

I filled up my daily for what may be the last time yesterday. Lease ends 5/31. Next car will be an BEV.

Looked at a study on particulate matter lately? These are real concerns but there’s also the issue of the alternative here.

Folks will figure out how to recycle the lithium.

Mexico has trade relationships (ex. TPP) with countries that the US does not; building vehicles there for domestic and export is smart and will return profits to the US. Beyond that, GM is dumping billions into the US to retool existing plants and build new ones.

If you don’t like how businesses run in the US, maybe…

That was 13 years ago. The loans were paid back early and in full. Get over it.