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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: onepoorguy ⎊✺  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Biden's new EV rules
Date: 03/21/24 2:34 PM
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EV sales have been up every year for about a decade. Though it is NOT a monotonic line. Goes up, goes down. But the longer term trend is up, as battery prices go down (which they are). And range is going up.

bbc.com - Are US EV sales a disaster or a booming segment the answer may be both

While drivers in the US have been slow to adopt EVs in significant numbers, sales overall continue to increase. During the final quarter of 2023, EV sales in the US grew 40% year-over-year, according to data from Cox Automotive, with total sales of nearly 1.2 million vehicles.

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He says that Ford and GM may have miscalculated when they leaned into expensive electric trucks and luxury models, which may be why the two companies overestimated EV demand. "There's only so many people ready to buy electric trucks, and most of them are not traditional truck-buyers," he says.


That said, ICE is going to be with us for a long time. And some applications probably are not -yet- suitable for EVs. Like the F150 Lightning (it looks really slick, but I have no interest in one, and those who actually need a truck might have issues recharging all the time).
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