Article Link! The Great American EV Fire Sale Is About to Begin

Have to be an idiot to miss the writing on the wall:
Subsidies to entice private citizens to buy something they would not normally buy is the first red flag.
Not enough universal charging infrastructure to make them feasible for all drivers.
Current admin was forcing electric vehicle mandates and not anticipating that would change with a new administration.
The initial expense of the vehicle.
The environmental harm of producing the batteries and what to do with the rolling hazardous waste at end of life.
Too short of a range to be used by all.
Charging takes too long.
Private industry did not rush to produce charging stations or use private funds to add to infrastructure.
This is not an exhaustive list and I’m sure there are more red flags.

Racer88 said:

Ford CEO ‘Surprised’ Customers Don’t Want $75,000 EVs​


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Ford Admits It Was Very Wrong About EVs

Speaking at the first Accelerate conference in Detroit, Ford CEO Jim Farley had a few things to say about hybrids and EVs.
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Rumors of the EV market collapsing are exaggerated.


People who finance a car for what basically amounts to the useful life of the vehicle are financially retarded. With good credit, it would likely be cheaper to lease among non-business owners - vs those who have traditionally leased because it made sense for their business. For regular consumers leasing was not always a good option. Now it may be. Except for wear items like brakes and tires, the maintenance is free.
 
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Bongo Lewi said:
Rumors of the EV market collapsing are exaggerated.


People who finance a car for what basically amounts to the useful life of the vehicle are financially retarded. With good credit, it would likely be cheaper to lease among non-business owners - vs those who have traditionally leased because it made sense for their business. For regular consumers leasing was not always a good option. Now it may be. Except for wear items like brakes and tires, the maintenance is free.
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The smartest (financially) way to own a car is to buy used.... for cash. Buy a 2 - 3 year old reliable Japanese car... Toyota Camry / Honda Accord or Civic... and drive it for 10 years.

My last Camry cost me $60 / month if I take what I paid - minus - what I sold it for and divided over 11 years. I paid for ZERO repairs. The only maintenance costs were oil, tires, brakes, batteries. That's IT! I got it with 32,000 miles. Sold it in perfect running condition with 214,000 miles.
 
Not going to name any names, just going to leave this here... ;)

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Racer88 said:
I'm barely officially a "boomer" by one year (1963). Just missed "Gen X."
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The term 'boomer' is made up nonsense. But for those who love to categorize, real postwar 'boomers' are 1946-1954. You are a Gen Jones. 1955-1964. As am I.

If you were wearing diapers or born the year the Beatles played at Shea Stadium, you are not a boomer. :)

The parents of about half the kids I went to elementary school with were not from the WW2 generation or grew up in the depression. Mine did. I was the youngest of five. My nearest sibling was 8 years older than me. My brothers and sister were all boomers. Not me. I have nieces who are only ten years younger than me.

My father was a WW2 and Korea Navy vet. The Dads of some of my friends and neighbors who married and had kids born in the early 60's weren't quite old enough to be Korean War vets. Those parents were boomers. Not their kids.

It bears mention that people tended to marry younger in the 1960's than they do now. Most women back in the day married at or around 18. Graduate high school and start popping out babies. if you were 25 and single you were an old maid. :)
 
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Bongo Lewi said:
You are a Gen Jones. 1955-1964. As am I.
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As am I (1961). We're speshul....heeharrhee. Now what gave our elite gen the name? Gen Jones? we seem to be amalgamated into the Boomers by many counts.

I was @ 2 when President Kennedy was assassinated, and plainly remember it to this day- just etched in my mind. Mom was standing at the console TV with her face buried in her hands crying with the news on, and I asked her "Mommy what's wrong?" and I had my 3' stuffed Jolly Green Giant with me that we (sent) can labels off to get it, that I was dragging around.

"They just shot the President" she managed to gasp, weeping uncontrollably.
 
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Gen Jones is generally accepted now as a legit group. Like Gen X, Boomers, Millennials.

Kennedy, the Beatles, Vietnam... all examples of how we who are in that group have little to no shared experiences with boomers. I recall when I went off to college there were some 'permanent students' who were artifacts of the 60's crowd. They were pathetically trying to remain hippies ... clothes, hair, being obnoxiously contrarian in the classroom and lectures, and yammering about social issues nobody gave a flying fuck about anymore. Lest I forget... they all had NDR (Nixon Derangement Syndrome) even though he was already gone. Now they are geezers with TDS. Except half the men are dead or crapping in their pants at the Shady Rest Home for Old Hippies. It's mostly old, liberal women now. Still protesting - without a clue.

Here's decent rundown of what spawned this demographic. It's been around for a while: Explainer: Generation Jones

I knew from an early age I had nothing in common with my older boomer siblings and people in my orbit.... culturally, politically, etc.
 
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I recall when I went off to college there were some 'permanent students' who were artifacts of the 60's crowd.
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Professional students.

I have a former boss who called his wife a 'professional student'...and yes they are boomers. snort.
 

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