balthazar

^ 'They' were saying that 5 years ago, tho. Still just 2% of the market.

'All new things are" does nothing to address the economic comparisons between current EV & IC. And the tech can't still be 'new'; Tesla was selling cars in 2008. Ahhh; the tolerance! :D

I dunno; the Europeans seems to make copying American hi-powered V8s work for them.

Does that 'more economical' ignore the purchase price? The audi e-tron is like $35K more that the similar-sized audi IC model. The upcoming rivian EV pickup is going to START at $62K.

The hallmark of the scientific method is that nothing is ever ‘proven’, only supported by evidence, and is always open to discussion/argument. Nothing is more anti-science than blindly accepting a specific theory as empirical and final. Let me leave this right here: Pluto.

Not my thinking; their statistic. Think 'registered'.

That was not the stat I quoted tho. - - - - - Government entities are the absolute worst in predicting and enforcing widespread change. They continually and repeatedly made colossal blunders, then do it all again. In my opinion, it is dangerous... or at least self-defeating to look to Gov't for the solution, specifically; end dates. I do not partake in that religion. It has to be organic to be successful long-term. Government gophers never grasp that concept of nature.

^ What is the specific scientifically quantified contribution by humans to climate change? [Your answer must include a numeric value.]

Oh it is?? Typical me; I don't pay attention to the toyoters much. ? 1. It doesn't look 'really ordinary' IMO (it's a Ford, yes?), but more to the point - it doesn't look really cheap. Not Ram Tradesman cheap. 2. Shouldn't a Lincoln equivalent be much nicer??

^ Corollavirus!

Gov't subsidizing then. I see the vast majority of Chinese car makers are state-owned, which when you think about it; is very weird. They're competing against themselves. China's 2018 percentage of plug-in vehicles "on the road" is still under 1%.

My brother has one (only person I know)- but they’re pretty much unilaterally diesel, and that; often untaxed off-road diesel. For, you know; vehicles that can’t drive to a gas station easily (or legally).

2020 Explorer interior (tho it may well be the top trim) : Correct, but it's near impossible to get a gas pump installed on private residential property, and there's 270 million IC vehicles in the U.S. (vs. only 9 million horses).

You do know there is still such a thing as horses, right?

^ That makes no sense. What do you mean 'set'? EVs are sold right now at minimal LOSS, how are they going to drop the prices and be okee-dokie all of a sudden? Especially if that's in only like 10 years?

Wonder what Chinese Gov't plan is when EV sales lag hard behind IC, yet they issued a random arbitrary end date for IC sales that comes up far too fast for consumers. Maybe they have a plan to subsidize EV pricing so the consumer at large can afford an EV. I mean; the Gov't can say whatever they want, but I don't believe they can force an individual to buy a car they don't want/can't afford. I believe these Grand Declarations of Banishment will be post phoned more than once as they get closer & closer.

Prediction : polestar EV above will be $90K. And no one will buy it. BMW will be at minimum of a $25K premium over the nearest IC-sized sedan. And no one will buy it.

"EFF-DUBBYA-DEE"

[FWD = Four Wheel Drive]

Unrestored '69 Trans Am currently on eBay, 1 of 697 built. Already bid to $40K.