I am all for EV’s but yes they are going to “eggs in one basket” for sure. These crazy 2030 no internal combustion goals will land anyone squarely in bankruptcy who chases it. Fools game. The real reason they dropped the Lightning’s price is poor sales and performance, while ICE F-150s sell in droves. The consumers have spoken, they don’t want electric shoved down their throats until it’s actually a better product. As of now it’s inferior.
I went in for an oil change last Friday. There were 6 sitting on the lot....
amen, the US isn't ready for all EVs
I'll be bold and go one further and say it isn't even ready for partial EV... On a hot day here in TX, they already have a hard time letting us keep our AC running without rolling brownouts....
Well, in fairness to all, it took Tesla years to actually make money on sales of their cars. For a long time they sold their carbon credits to the other manufacturers, and that was the only place they were actually making money (that and people bidding up their stock in an insane way). I think pretty much every new EV only company is still losing money on each car sale (Rivian, Lucid), and so are most of the major manufacturers on their EVs. The EV only companies are staying afloat off of large future deals, ie. Lucid with Amazon, or with their stock. The price increases that we have seen on the ICE vehicles from Ford have to be partially to help offset their costs on EVs. The CEO of Stellantis (Ram) has said that producing EVs is not sustainable at their current cost structure, but they are being forced to do it.
