Re: BREXIT - Three years on

Just saw this - https://unherd.com/2023/01/introducing-unherd-britain-2023/ If as an outsider I could see it as a bad idea, why couldn't most people, but then I probably didn't see those ads and whatnot. If you bombard people enough time with lies, they will accept it as truth. This was true in Hitl...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

Strange, I'm old enough to have lived through the days were VWs were not socially acceptable, followed by the Japanese imports not being socially acceptable. People turned up their noses at both, but eventually price/performance won them over. No reason to think it won't work with Chinese products....

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

... but in Western markets I actually think it will be the Koreans who really send prices down. Don't forget about the Chinese. Right now there's a true blood bath between Chinese EV companies. Eventually a winner or two will be crowned and all the government favoritism will focus on them. BYD is t...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/electric-vehicles-made-up-10-of-all-new-cars-sold-last-year-11673876862?mod=dist_amp_social And this was without the sub-20k car that would be announced by Musk on Investor Day 1st March 2023. That will drive nails in many a company. The other misleading factor in ...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

The big problem with Toyota is that they were asleep at the wheel for many years thinking that electric cars would be a novelty and hybrid vehicles would be the way of the future, possibly followed by fuel cell vehicles. Only now with new leadership do they have a chance to devote their vast resour...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

The elephant (mammoth, mastodon) in the globe will be Toyota waking up and aggressively entering the EV world. The big problem with Toyota is that they were asleep at the wheel for many years thinking that electric cars would be a novelty and hybrid vehicles would be the way of the future, possibly...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

Then indeed it'll be no EV for you for quite a while, if ever. There's no tech I know of that can provide "full charging time of less than 10 minutes with zero effect of battery life". The problem comes when (if ever) you can't buy petroleum based fuels, which may or may not happen in our...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

The other misleading factor in this thread, is that the original article says that 10% of new car sales last year were EV, thats not a very accurate metric to determine a trend given the current state of the new car market with empty lots, fewer choices if one needs a car today versus waiting a yea...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

While I don't follow the EV discussions closely, I have certainly noticed as of late that the big legacy players seem to be really upping their game on the EV front - GM, Toyota. As such, I have often wondered if Tesla will go the way of Blackberry/RIM when the Iphone took off. Tesla's sales have a...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

I would like to see more EV's as buses, small to medium commercial vehicles, especially mail, package and freight delivery, in cities and suburban areas. The limited range needed, easier supporting recharging infrastructure, overall reduction in air pollution, slow speeds, stop/go driving condition...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/electric-vehicles-made-up-10-of-all-new-cars-sold-last-year-11673876862?mod=dist_amp_social And this was without the sub-20k car that would be announced by Musk on Investor Day 1st March 2023. That will drive nails in many a company. Add to that Musk announcements ...

Re: 10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

Australia being so far behind at Renewables always surprised me. But the coal industry was a strong one - good they finally get their staff together (in Germany we also had considerable forces opposing renewables). The problem, also in Germany, is that cars last 15 to 25 years today. So if we have ...

Re: Classified Documents found at Mike Pence's Home

Carter is definitely hiding the truth of the giant swimming rabbit incident Lol!! Carter has never recovered from the "Pepsi Syndrome" incident at Three Mile Island, as documented by Saturday Night Live. (That's one of my favorite SNL skits. Seems like a lifetime ago that we had good-natu...

10% of all new new vehicles sold were EV's

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/electric-vehicles-made-up-10-of-all-new-cars-sold-last-year-11673876862?mod=dist_amp_social And this was without the sub-20k car that would be announced by Musk on Investor Day 1st March 2023. That will drive nails in many a company. Add to that Musk announcements o...

Re: "Trailblazer airlines" movie MD-80

seems like a good action flick. Especially for a Saturday, Sunday

Re: Why British Nuclear Energy failed.

Main problem is lack of scale economy Think it goes much beyond it. The main problem are risks, some known, some unknowns. Lemme know any nuclear reactor in the world that was done under time and under budget. Apart from that the risks especially now that there are so many renewable energy options ...

Re: Updated: Musk, Twitter could reach deal to end court battle, close buyout soon

Musk send out an email to Twitter employees, informing them there will be mass-redundancies. Musk intends to fire 3700 out of 7500 staff. Staff are understandably pissed and have started a class-action lawsuit. https://www.telegraaf.nl/financieel/795137029/musk-maakt-massaontslag-bekend-via-e-mail-...

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

There's a difference between wanting to join and being a member. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA3uBIxoKMI Saw this, what a joke. Now I understand why William Shatner said he won't be selling the star trek memorablia in the UK and he stopped. Even the celebrated author JK Rowling, she has been mov...

Re: Bridge Collapse in Gujarat, India

Here is the video I saw. It shows a person trying to swing the bridge at the moment of failure. Also shows the cables dangling after the deck seperated at the connectors. But also shows some of the cables failing from above as well. It's difficult to know for sure without an engineering analysis. h...

Re: Bridge Collapse in Gujarat, India

More and more revelations coming, that just showing how rotten the whole thing is. One has to remember that BJP has been in power since the last 27 years in Gujarat. Unsurprisingly, all 52 members in Morbi Muncipality Authority are from BJP. Hence, to date no FIR against the owner. There had been tw...

Re: Daily Telegraph: Project Fear was right all along.

The real problem about Brexit is not actually Brexit itself, that could have been a success if it would have been planned and executed properly (what would probably have taken 10-15 years overall). The problem is, that Brexit came in combination with the Loony Toons as a government. Getting a Ferra...

Re: Bridge Collapse in Gujarat, India

Just a speculation on the apparent cause of the collapse, without any data. The claim of resonance, as a comparison to Tacoma Narrows, is an incorrect understanding. Rather what I have read, from engineers who have reviewed the video, is that the connectors to the bridge deck gave way, allowing the...

Re: Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan Shot in Assassination Attempt

For better or worse, rather worse actually, Pakistan has always been ruled by the Army with a facade called democracy. When almost 95% of the budget goes to the Army then what remains for development. Hence what you have is extremism. One thing that Pakistan had been good at is making friends, first...

Re: Updated: Musk, Twitter could reach deal to end court battle, close buyout soon