(12-03-2023, 09:34 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(12-02-2023, 05:44 PM)copycat Wrote: Perhaps because they were not ready to transition to EV’s yet?  They had it thrust upon them just as it is being shoved upon the consumer.  The manufacturers would have naturally transitioned to the next technological breakthrough when they were ready.  By mandating the change to an unproven technology this was predictable.

It's not being shoved upon the consumer.  You are still free to buy whatever car you want.  And it's not unproven technology.  Electric vehicles have been around for decades.  

The fact is, Tesla has effectively executed their strategy.  Tesla built themselves thousands of reliable charging stations.  The legacy automakers failed to do that, so we read all these horror stories of people who rent non-Tesla EVs and have trouble finding charging stations.  I wouldn't buy a Ford or GM EV and try to take a road trip.

You missed the point.  Elon Musk jumped out well ahead of the curve.  He rolled the dice and took a shot.  The big three were not willing to take that chance at that time.  They were willing to let the technology come to them in a timely fashion.  And then Joe started mandating time lines, upsetting natural technological progression.  I’m not anti EV but your inability to see this astounding.

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