Roll back emission standards
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Of course they lose money because of all the front loaded development and new platforms etc. EVs are the future, like it or not. Nobody is abandoning EVs. They will and are returning some focus to ICEs but if you think EVs are just going to "go away" and all of a sudden we're going to have large displacement engines again you're fooling yourself.
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Lke I said, EVs will always be around but the market share will always be low like it is now. I said optimistically new car sales EV registrations would get to 15% (ish) but I seriously doubt that even now. California rolled back the 2035 crap, even Europe did lol. We don't want them like so many people thought we did, I can't believvvvveeeee so many people (not here necc) didn't see this coming... I could have predicted all of this even lobotomized.
How many canceled EVs do I need to name? How many automakers have walked back their rhetoric?
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Gotta agree with AJT. We are obsessing ourselves today with clean exhausts and tailpipe emissions. The average vehicle today, as I have posted previously, emits ONE PERCENT of the emissions it did on the vehicles I learned to drive on in the late 60s.....at an enormous cost in money, time, and resources on the part of the automakers. It also set the stage for some scandals....like the famous VW Dieselgate.
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Sure, it will still harm you if you run it long enough....no one is denying that. The difference is that, today, on average, it will take a LOT longer to do so....a lot longer than if your EV battery explodes.
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My statement was correct for the three major and most significant ones.
Originally Posted by Google
AI Overview
The statement is largely accurate: new vehicles today emit
roughly 99 percent less of common pollutants (hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides) compared to those from 1970.
The statement is largely accurate: new vehicles today emit
roughly 99 percent less of common pollutants (hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides) compared to those from 1970.
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https://interestingengineering.com/t...atch-fire-more
https://pissd.com/2024/09/do-electri...sive-analysis/
Based on the available data and studies, electric vehicles are not more prone to catching fire than gasoline-powered cars. In fact, the statistics indicate that EVs catch fire far less frequently than gas cars. Hybrid vehicles, which combine both gas engines and electric batteries, appear to have the highest fire risk.
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Why would running your car in your garage be bad, super clean 99% cleaner in fact.
Modern cars are the least of the problem.