[theluckycountry]

try to stay on topic adam, no one's interested in your hateful rantings.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')ew figures released last week reveal that electric vehicles (EVs) accounted for over 14% of all new cars sold in Australia last month—the highest monthly share on record. Data from the Electric Vehicle Council and other sources reveal more than 15,300 battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) were sold in March.

[careinke]

Just to keep things in perspective, my AI has this to say on the subject:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hat is the best selling vehicle worldwide?

The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle worldwide in 2024, with approximately 1.09 million units sold. It narrowly surpassed the Toyota Corolla, which sold around 1.08 million units. Toyota also had other popular models like the RAV4 in the top rankings.

Are you surprised by Tesla's dominance, or were you expecting a different result?

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', ' ')The EV revolution may be dead but the manufacturers are cashing in on the "EV" Brand to sell their Gas guzzlers.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('careinke', '
')I don't think EV's are going away.
Peace

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hat was once worth more than Ford, Chrysler and Dodge combined and had a share price of $2000?
In a debut worthy of a Hollywood movie Nikola opened with a spac merger though it had been faking making viable EV for some years. Its rise was fueled by bold promises from founder Trevor Milton, who was later convicted of securities fraud in 2022 for misleading investors about the company's zero-emissions technology. Phoenix, Arizona-based Nikola, delivered its first vehicle in December 2021. A series of fire incidents involving its electric trucks in 2023 resulted in a recall of all its vehicles and raised safety concerns.

Today the stock is worth 11-cents, quite a fall from grace, but typical of many covid era darlings.

[theluckycountry]

Rivian

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')nyone surprised by the Rivian sales numbers, 36% YOY decline? I thought for sure Rivian would experience a pretty sizable increase with all the huge numbers of Tesla owners selling or switching from the now permanently toxic Tesla brand...

[careinke]

I bought more TSLA today' and transferred more FIAT over to Robinhood hoping for a nice drop after earnings call. It feels like Christmas, or maybe Black Friday. I just started buying TESLA this year. Most investors think TESLA is just a car company. Silly them.

Peace

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')No one talks about the bright future of the EV now.

[theluckycountry]

Another blow to Rivian sales

Wildfire Scorches 8,500 Acres In New Jersey, Shuts Down Stretch Of Garden State Parkway

[theluckycountry]

May 4, 2025
Tesla’s Europe Sales Collapse Deepens as Musk’s Politics... Spin Spin Spin.

The truth? Oh it's out there.
3 days ago — Europe EV Sales Report — The King (Tesla) is Dead, Long live...

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '.')..Besides plugins, the other current major winner is plugless hybrids, with HEV sales jumping 25% YoY to 37% share. That's a significant increase over the 31%...

Finally, looking at the sales breakdown between the remaining powertrains, besides the usual steep fall of diesel sales, down 27% YoY to 7% share now, petrol is also in a death spiral. Petrol vehicles saw their sales fall by 20% YoY, and their share dropped to 28%.

Besides plugins, the other current major winner is plugless hybrids, with HEV sales jumping 25% YoY to 37% share. That’s a significant increase over the 31% HEVs had 12 months ago. This means that 63% of all car sales in Europe in February had some kind of electrification.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')Nissan is currently using two larger battery packs in the LEAF: the 40 kWh pack and the 62 kWh pack. You can expect replacement costs for these packs at about $6,500-$7,500 for the 40 kWh battery and $8,500-$9,500 for the 62 kWh LEAF battery.

[theluckycountry]

You have two of those junkers in the driveway don't ya adam? Amazing isn't it, any old Gas powered car can be patched up, a new donk from the breakers tossed in if needed, but a leaf, it's a boat anchor when the battery dies. At a time when the Planet's metal and fossil fuel resources are in decline the Blob goes on an extravagant spree wasting more and more. Not that it matters, 1970 or before was the window of opportunity to turn the ship around, when the "Reset" comes and 99% of the world's population loses access there will be plenty still available for those with the means.

Roughly 50% is still in the ground and probably 20% of that is economically viable to extract. More than enough. The population and wealth explosion was the problem, from 1.5 Billion at the beginning of last century to 8.2 Billion currently. Too many mouths for the available resources.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'Y')ou have two of those junkers in the driveway don't ya adam?

[theluckycountry]

35 House Democrats Join Republicans To Kill Biden's Preposterous EV Targets

So the Lies Kub and adam swallowed hook line and sinker are finally exposed, and by many of the very people who perpetrated them. American politics is so totally fucked up it's hard to image a worse arrangement. perhaps Nero or Caligula could trump them for aggrandizement and waste but I doubt it.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')Trump Smartly Employs the Congressional Review Act. The Congressional Review Act allows Congress to nullify rules taken in the final 60 days of a prior administration. Trump is using the CRA to kill California’s ability to set EV standards for the Nation. Many Democrats are howling, but 35 House Democrats support Trump.
What Is the CRA...

[theluckycountry]

Personally I can imagine a lot of these old EV will simply be parked up in some fields and left to rot like the Chinese are now doing. Or they can toss them in the ocean like all the DDT drums of yesteryear. One thing I can assure you of though, they won't be recycling them on a large scale because the money isn't in it. It's far cheaper to extract the raw materials they are composed of from the earth than from the batteries where they are in combination. Lead acid batteries lend themselves to recycling as daily experience testifies, that's where the Lion's share of lead comes from too BTW.

Google A.I Bullshit: type in "major source of lead for industry" and get
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')I Overview-- The primary sources of lead for industry are lead smelters and ore and metals processing, particularly in the production of lead-acid batteries. Other significant industrial sources include waste incinerators, utilities, and lead-acid battery manufacturers. Additionally, industries like mining, e-waste processing, and used battery recycling contribute to lead exposure.

[theluckycountry]

Ford Shares Slide After Net Income Plunge

Sorry Henry, idiots took over after you left.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')ord Motor's first-quarter net income plunged to $471 million from $1.3 billion a year earlier, as EV losses and production halts took a toll, the company said Monday. The electric-vehicle division lost $800 million, down from $1.3 billion, helped by lower material costs and stronger pricing.

We noted after the company's Q1 report that CEO Farley faces continuing challenges, including overhauling the company’s EV strategy to curb losses and cutting high warranty repair expenses. The automaker lost a record $5.1 billion on EVs last year and expects that deficit to widen to as much as $5.5 billion in 2024.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')So the Lies Kub and adam swallowed hook line and sinker are finally exposed, and by many of the very people who perpetrated them.

[theluckycountry]

The environmental costs of EV batteries that politicians don't tend to talk about

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')ead battery dilemma
"The rules are non-existent," said Mark Winfield, a professor at York University in Toronto and co-chair of the school's Sustainable Energy Initiative. "There is nothing as we talk to agencies on both sides of the border, the federal, provincial, state levels. "In the case of Ontario, the answer was actually that we have no intention of doing anything about this."

When asked for its response, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks did not return a request for comment from CBC News. Winfield said the fact there is no public policy on the disposal of EV batteries is concerning because a number of the chemicals and components used to make EV batteries, such as cadmium, arsenic and nickel, are listed as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) and simply can't be thrown into a landfill.

"You would think given the nature of these products and also the scale of the potential looming problem, as you know, when the EV sales move into the tens of millions and every one of those ultimately is going to result in an end-of-life battery. One would have expected regulators to be a little bit further ahead of the curve."

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')Just one more thing the public never considered when the "Great Transition" was proposed.

[theluckycountry]

adam and kub were sooooo wrong, so deluded, so sucked in. No wonder kub's run off, the embarrassment with each new nail in the coffin must be galling