YankeeVol
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Margins on new aren't that high. Plus with the new FTC regs, I'd say it will be harder for dealers to f*** people over. Not to mention, the ones who still are, are just dumb AF.But then you have to figure in dealer cost and the continual advertising. IDK much about the car business but my brother in law is the General Manager of a GM dealership in AR and he makes stupid money. Hell, when he was the F&I manager he was pulling in over 400K.
So there is a f^ck load of money being made in the car business.
I hesitate to jump on stories like this re: EVs. There is a lot of energy consumption involved in the refining, production, transport, storage, and refueling process of gasoline, too. The amount of electricity my T uses to charge has proven trivial in my electricity bill/ usage.
Because we all need an EV to save the planet
My posting of the story wasn’t meant to be a knock on EVs. I have friends that own them and love them for local driving, but all have told me they no longer take them on trips due to charging issues.I hesitate to jump on stories like this re: EVs. There is a lot of energy consumption involved in the refining, production, transport, storage, and refueling process of gasoline, too. The amount of electricity my T uses to charge has proven trivial in my electricity bill/ usage.
The biggest hurdle in mass adoption of EVs, IMO, is the seemingly-impossible issue of charging them all during long distance travel. As I've said before, you would need Wal-Mart (or bigger) sized stations every 25-50 miles to handle interstate traffic during peak travel, especially. It would be a total CF. And, there are plenty of areas remote enough (see: highways we take to the Destin/30A area) that don't have any convenient superchargers along that route.
Michigan township Green Charter Votes Out its Entire Local Government over China-linked EV Battery Maker Gotion's plan to build a factory there
The entire local government of a small Michigan township was voted out this week, in a recall election over concerns about a Chinese-affiliated company's plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant nearby.
In a special election on Tuesday, Green Charter Township's five board members, who are all Republicans, were voted out in favor of candidates who ran without any party affiliation.
Hours after the vote, the town's new leaders wasted no time, changing the locks on the township's main government building, according to NewsNation National Correspondent Brian Entin.
The petition that launched the recall election cited concerns that town officials were ignoring voter concerns over China-linked company Gotion's plan to open a $2.3 billion EV plant there, which is expected to create 2,350 jobs.
Although it is backed by Volkswagen with operations in Germany, Gotion's parent company is based in China, and has been accused of having links to the country's Communist Party.
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Michigan town votes out local government over China-linked EV plant
Tuesday's recall election in Green Charter Township followed backlash over plans announced a year ago for Gotion to open a $2.3 billion EV plant there, which is expected to create 2,350 jobs.www.dailymail.co.uk
I saw the Plano story on local news. They didn’t put the fire out they don’t have the means to do that on the trucks. They referenced their “special training” which is basically isolate the vehicle to prevent collateral damage and “contain” the fire within the vehicle while it burns itself out. They basically can’t put these fires out.
ETA: let me clarify. They aren’t worth the risk and effort to put out as they don’t have the specialized means on the trucks to do so. Isolate the vehicle, put water on the open flames to dampen the fire as much as possible, and let the fire burn itself out. Plano and Allen FD handled a recent tanker fire in a similar fashion recently. It’s just a car don’t risk getting someone hurt.
I saw this today. If EVs weren't the greenies' wet dream, they be screaming to the heavens to ban them because of pollution in manufacturing and in fire related incidents.
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