ICE or EV?

[OCtoSV]

In some ways you are right but it is really the simplest economic equation of supply and demand. They aren’t making any more 1965 Broncos, but Musk is still pumping out Model Y’s. As an investment, there is no comparison. My main worry is having a valuable car as a daily driver. Gotta use a club in my area

Well, classic cars took off over the last 15-20 yrs. You could buy an old air cooled 911 in the 2000s for less than a third of their current prices.

I met Richard Rawlings at an SFO bar years ago - he was flying home from Concours D’Elegance at Pebble. Everyone kept coming up to him and buying him drinks. I had no idea who he was so asked and he told me his whole story, basically starting out flipping Ferraris . Cool dude , unpretensIous

 

[morekaos]

Well, classic cars took off over the last 15-20 yrs. You could buy an old air cooled 911 in the 2000s for less than a third of their current prices.

I met Richard Rawlings at an SFO bar years ago - he was flying home from Concours D’Elegance at Pebble. Everyone kept coming up to him and buying him drinks. I had no idea who he was so asked and he told me his whole story, basically starting out flipping Ferraris . Cool dude , unpretensIous

Had several clients and friends up there this year. I’m certainly not in that class of buyer but my search for this truck is national. Like any investment, you have to be patient and buy it right. I’ll find it eventually.

 

[morekaos]

Transition is going great, don’t you think?

Electric school bus catches fire in Los Angeles, driver hospitalized​

An electric school bus burst into flames in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning, prompting a massive emergency response and shutting down a stretch of the 210 Freeway in Sylmar, authorities said.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/electric-school-bus-catches-fire-in-los-angeles-driver-hospitalized/

 

[morekaos]

Well for some of us it was obvious…for others it is a rude awakening….

Electric dream in tatters as EV-maker once bigger than Ford and GM shuts dealerships

For America's electric vehicle market, VinFast is the latest EV company to crack under the weight of once-lofty expectations.

The company's original US pitch imagined its dealership selling a full lineup of EVs, including a small pickup truck. Investors, believing EVs could rocket-fuel their earnings after Tesla's shocking success, flooded VinFast's stock with $65billion.

In 2023, that made the car company richer than America's legacy automakers, Ford and General Motors.

But VinFast didn't deliver its initial promise. American car buyers had only two options — the $40,000 VF 8 and the $63,000 three-row VF 9. That wasn't enough to inspire consumers.

https://www.autonews.com/ev/an-vinfast-guarantees-service-after-dealers-close-sales-dwindle/

 

[morekaos]

$19,500,000,000.00 in losses with nothing to show for it. Man if you were dumb enough to buy one of these monstrosities you have a 6 figure brick but I bet you saved your side of the planet

Ford's electric hopes unravel as it pulls the plug on battery-powered F-150 after $19.5bn loss​

The F-150 Lightning will stop rolling out of the automaker's Dearborn, Michigan, factory — marking a major retreat from Ford's most ambitious EV bet.

The decision comes as Ford disclosed a staggering $19.5billion loss in its consumer EV business, including $8.5billion tied to canceled future models and another $6billion from a scrapped deal with a battery supplier.

Ford to record $19.5 billion in special charges related to EV pullback

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Didn't think VinFast would make it.

I mentioned EREVs before. Ford is pivoting towards more affordable EVs like a mid-size EV truck.

I'll get one of those.

 

[morekaos]

Didn't think VinFast would make it.

I mentioned EREVs before. Ford is pivoting towards more affordable EVs like a mid-size EV truck.

I'll get one of those.

So an onboard ICE engine to charge the EV engine?…do you not see the comedy in that?…How about cutting out the middle man and just use an efficient ICE engine to power your whole car?. Ford is even looking at using a 2 stroke engine to do it. What an idiotic circle jerk

 

[OCtoSV]

My prediction of Tesla as the only EV mfr left standing still looks like the right call. FSD is such a paradigm shift

 

[irvinehomeowner]

So an onboard ICE engine to charge the EV engine?…do you not see the comedy in that?…How about cutting out the middle man and just use an efficient ICE engine to power your whole car?. Ford is even looking at using a 2 stroke engine to do it. What an idiotic circle jerk

Use ChatGPT to show you why.

I’ve already explained to you that EV drivetrain is superior to ICE in both efficiency and tech. The biggest knock against EVs is range and charging infrastructure.

An ICE engine takes care of that. Unlike traditional hybrids or plug-ins, since the ICE engine doesn’t have to drive the wheels, you don’t have to worry about a transmission, gears, etc… which makes it less maintenance than ICE and hybrids (although more than EVs).

There is also the efficiency of a constant speed engine (since it’s just charging the battery).

EREV is actually very interesting depending on how it’s implemented. The Scout EREV SUV plans to put the ICE engine under the cargo space so that it can still have a frunk for additional storage.

I would definitely get an EREV over a hybrid or PHEV if I had to get something with an ICE engine. But I’m sticking with EVs, and unlike OC2SV, I do not think Tesla will be the only one left. FSD is great but not the main benefit of EV driving.