Not sure what’s worse, the fact that he bought a stolen vehicle, or that $75k for a bronco is considered a good deal.

His argument is “EVs don’t make sense because people will buy more of them.” 

“Right now battery raw material supplies and manufacturing is a bottleneck for building BEV and that isn’t going to change anytime soon.”

Having owned EVs for a while, range anxiety goes away. It turns into “I don’t want to pay for public charging when I can charge at home for much cheaper” anxiety. 

I like the Toyota prime line up, but finding them, especially one without some sort of stupid dealership markup, is nearly impossible.

Unpopular opinion:

I think Vinfast should be focused as a low end disrupted. Selling a small, sub $20k vehicle seems to be a ripe market. Combine it with a long warranty and you’d have a good commuter for the masses. Then, and only then, can they can expand and offer higher end vehicles.

The deal did what it was intended to be - a political win. It was never going to benefit the people, county, or state.

To me, it sounds a lot like greenwashing and the worst of both worlds. Paying a premium for a vehicle that is inefficient as an EV and an ICE. 

“But if say they only have EV’s by 2028 and EV market share is still sub 50% you are missing out on a lot of sales and possibly selling vehicles you make no money on.”

“Direct sales is easier and less stressful, but you’ll pay more, guaranteed.”

70% = 70% charge.

I am not sure what the typical R&D cycle is for a clean sheet vehicle, however 12 years is enough time to move most, if not all, of the fleet to EV. It will require a lot of R&D money to get there, and since ICE vehicles are a dead end, I expect little money will be spent to develop them further.

You don’t have any existing outlets in your garage? Even a 15a 120V outlet will get you 5-6 miles each hour. 

This is a common issue that has already been addressed elsewhere in the world. The solution is to pass legislation that prevents HOAs or apartment management companies from blocking outlet installations in parking garages. 20a, 120V outlets are simple to install, even in older buildings. 20a is good enough for most…

That’s largely a U.S. problem. EVs are cheap in other parts of the world. In China they have EVs that go several hundred miles for $11k.

There is a lot more to an EV than just dropping in a battery and electric motor.

ICE vehicles are a dead end. Manufacturers are racing to electrify their fleets, and have 12 years left. I’d be very surprised to see much development on ICE vehicles over the next decade, however manufacturers will happily sell old tech up until they can’t.  

The 4xe is the perfect example of what not to do. At 500-800wh/mile, it’s almost the same price to just buy gasoline. 

Would have been funnier if they only altered the code to direct all donations to the Clinton Foundation.