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Sounds like an urban myth; a fairy tale story, a conspiracy theory run amuck.

The internet is full of these crazy builds. Maybe for extra revenue from youtube adverts? Why do we wanna harp on an EV swap? https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/jaguars-e-type-zero-only-classic-ev-you-will-ever-need Like I said, Jaguar will make you one. Charge you 300 000 English pounds for a car that will do 0-60 in 5.5 seconds with only a 295 BHP electric motor and have a 170 mile range. 300 000 pounds. A fool and his money you say? Some idiot will buy it. Will he get his money back if he wants to re-sell it? Well cars DO depreciate if he drives it regularly... Also... would some fool WANT an EV Jag E type? Is the market for fools that spend big bucks at auctions as big as classic restored inline six E-Type Jags? Who knows? But the passion for EV Jags or inline six Jags or any car for that matter is DEFINATELY there as we are talking about it. Lets talk about an ecoboosted 4 cylinder from Ford swap on one of these Jaaaaags then. Since an ecoboosted 4 cylinder from Ford has the same specs...

interesting news. so, in the work that I do, construction related. I was on a seminar that was given by 'a top state fire fighting / protection professional' last week. a question from the attendees was related to 'what is needed for updates in the code due to electric vehicle parking (etc).'.s 'lithium batteries are our new nemesis'. 'our new job security' gmauthority (who seems to have the best GM news) says 2022 Malibu production started Nov 1.

Supply down + Demand Up = higher prices.... not that hard. Prices for nearly everything are going up. It has nothing to do with BEVs. It has to do with everything from lumber to microchips being in short supply. Also... prices for used and new gasoline powered vehicles is going up too, so at worst, BEVs are just keeping pace with the industry as a whole. Furthermore, no one gave a date as to when the cost of BEVs would dip below ICEs, so calling that misinformation is substantially premature. The big, experienced manufacturers like GM and MB have been awoken like a sleeping dragon and the new BEV platforms coming from them are going to be serious entries, not just an electric motor thrown in one of their gasser models with a bunch of laptop batteries in the trunk. As of about 3 years ago, they all started taking BEVs seriously. There will be economies of scale as the cells of a Silverado don't need to be any different in composition than the cells in a Bolt... the only difference will be quantity. GM will no longer need to build 197 different powertrain combinations, it will be reduced to 10 (if memory serves, it's somewhere in that ballpark of a delta in powertrains). There will no longer be a need for complex 10-speed transmissions. No AWD systems. No exhaust systems. There won't be complex electro-mechanical systems to turn cylinders on and off while driving. There won't be turbo-chargers. There won't be those electronic shutters that close a grille at speed. All of that stuff listed that needs to be engineered and re-engineered every 5 - 7 years will go away. None of that is in place today and no one claimed it would be in place by today, but you have the combined industrial might of GM, Ford, BMW, Mercedes, VW, Hyundai, Telsa, Panasonic, Samsung, LG, and others working on it.

Visited my GMC salesman today (had some questions about my loan). On the showroom floor was a '21 Yukon Denali; sticker price was $83K, market adjustment was 10 grand. I asked him if there was any buyer pushback on the M.A., and he told me they had 8 of them and this one was the last one left, the others flew out the door. He said not only are the dealerships making good money in a super tight market, but that GM is certainly aware of the scenario and instead of the typical model year price bump of -say- $700, it is going to be thousands. Now- this scenario won't last forever of course, but the point is 'those ridiculous thieving dealerships' are catering to demanding & paying customers. For now. He said GM rebates are (obviously) current gone (this may differ by model). Just did a 'build & price' on a '22 2500HD and zero rebate there.