Ford is about to break out big EV losses for the first time

Car manufacturers are in a really tough spot right now. Battery tech isn't quite there yet to make EVs practical over ICE cars, but they're on the cusp. That means that EVs aren't quite profitable yet, at least not when it comes to mass appeal, but any car maker who doesn't fully embrace EVs and develop very strong presence in that market probably won't be around five years from now. This puts them in the precarious position of having to take short term losses in the hopes that they can survive the transition.

Unfortunately, turning an ICE car company into an EV company will probably prove to be just about as successful as turning a buggy manufacturer into a horseless carriage manufacturer.

I have been saying this for more than a decade - turbodiesel hybrid. Basically how a train locomotive works but on a much smaller scale. A diesel engine runs a generator that charges/supplements batteries.

Sure a gas (not gasoline in this context) turbine is even more efficient, there is a lot greater complexity.

We must have or be very close to photovoltaic paints/coatings. We certainly have regenerative braking.

My hypothesized diesel electric hybrid with modern technology could probably get something like 300 miles per gallon without the charging limitations. Refuel is a simple fill up of a diesel fuel tank just like it's always been.

There must be someone/something actively impeding pursuing this tech, because I am just a regular guy, I'm not an automotive engineer. This could be made to work so very well.

Are you denying the fact your electric car still runs on fossil fuels just in a round about way? You're agenda is so transparent its like looking through a window.

You're either a shill, delusional, or just very dumb. Probably all 3.

I have solar and generate my own electricity..

Renewable energy is the fastest growing segment in the global energy sector…

Do some research..

I would not buy an electric vehicle because they have a limited range and it's not like you can pull into an electric station and leave 3 minutes later with a full tank. I won't buy one ever. They should be looking into better alternatives because EV's just aren't going to cut it for most people.

Last Edited by Tromato on 03/22/2023 04:26 PM

Elon Musk playing 5D chess.

I'm in the same camp as you that's why I like the plug-in hybrids.

I charge the unit with my solar array and use the vehicle in ev mode for local trips and switch to hybrid mode for longer trips.

Best of both worlds for now.

It’s tiresome to argue with horse and buggy people…

It don’t really matter how much any of us cry “why do things have to change!”

They are changing…

I loved my horse and buggy…

But then things changed…

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“ The report finds that renewables are set to account for over 90% of global electricity expansion over the next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.”

[link to www.iea.org (secure)]

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And yes. All the old oems are crying right now..

“Why do things have to change!”

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It’s called disruption..

Understand, FORD is getting subsidies from the USG to produce EV's. Losses are written off on taxes and other things.

EV production is a scam.

Exactly! Just like Obozo's Solyndra

FORD is trolling for a new government EV subsidy/bailout.
Go woke, go broke…

Good. Fuck Ford and all car manufacturers/dealerships, they're all crony bastards anyway.

Don't be anti Semetic!

Buy electric everything now!

Toyota was saying that. Said consumers still need choice.
They refused to go all-in on EV's and Akio Toyoda got blasted for it.

it doesn't matter what we think or do,

did it ever?

electric is here to stay and will be forced upon you whether you like it or not,

sure there are rebels...but they only make up 1% of the population,

the other 99% got vaxxed or will be cause they are adding it to the air, food and water,

hell is a real place,

it is called earth

in time of war it's every man for himself,

to the victor belong the spoils!

what is happening in the world is not new,

they killed green energy in 1889,

let that sink in a little bit folks,

the thing about the world that most people don't understand, is that we are dealing with militaries that make their own rules,

in the west depopulation was planned long ago,

when vaccines were made mandatory for school,

get this boys,


all countries vaxxinate....

isn't that just a little weird?

You live in a warm climate with a lot of clear days

The great brain behind this.


The only way out is repent and ask for

It just started with Ford with EVS...of course there will be a loss

Not to mention their current debt levels

And rapidly rising cost of capital…

Many of these oems may never regain their former glory..

Thanks for your thoughts.

So Toyota like 20 years ago.





Lol.. America!

AND...
Once they get you dependent on Electric

Flip of a switch...

At any time, they could stop the transport of liquid fuels..

No?

And if you can produce your own electricity,

Where is your direct dependency on them at all?

It’s not a strong argument in my humble opinion.

EVs are BS. Ford bought into it...meanwhile they got rid of their small cars except Mustang and went with those big ass SUV's and trucks. Big mistake.

What is really retarded is the fully electric Ford F-150 Lightning truck got around 65 miles on a full charge in extreme winter weather. That is just enough to get stuck especially if you think the range is 230 miles.

And then you are stuck in freezing weather.

Not strong. Just real.
They already flip the switch on petrol.
However, there IS SOME competition.

Electricity is regulated into monopolies.

Generate your own? Hope so.

Gather your own via sun and and store with batteries?
Hope so. Don't forget your inverter. And damn the clouds.

Windmill? Hahaha.

Tesla technology to get electricity from the ether?
Hope so.

Otherwise :

CLICK



Last Edited by Trained Noticer on 03/22/2023 06:45 PM

Indeed we have all the oil we need right here

EV everything will fail big time. Using thousands of laptop batteries to power a car is one of the dumbest things ever. There will be no EV revolution, matter how much Klaus and his fellow WEF lizards push for it. The price of lithium has collapsed by more than 50% since November for one reason: demand for EV's has already started to fall. And as more and more people buy and then try to actually live and work using EV's, the trend will only accelerate.