Electric Vehicles, Hybrids...Battery tech... Land Air and Sea. Let's See 'em.

Is the internal combustion engine doomed to history

  • Yes

    Votes: 12 26.1%
  • No

    Votes: 26 56.5%
  • Not sure

    Votes: 5 10.9%
  • Don't care

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • ...er... what was the question again?

    Votes: 1 2.2%

  • Total voters
    46
I had a farmer tell me an electric truck would be perfect. They just cost too much.
Hmmm. One of the criticisms that has been levelled at the ugly duckling is its embarrassing lack of off-road abilities, due at at least in part to weight or so we are told.

Mind you, the top-end road version is reported to do 0-60 in under 2½ seconds . . .
 
Hmmm. One of the criticisms that has been levelled at the ugly duckling is its embarrassing lack of off-road abilities, due at at least in part to weight or so we are told.

Mind you, the top-end road version is reported to do 0-60 in under 2½ seconds . . .
He said an “electric pickup truck”, not a particular pickup truck.
 
I had a farmer tell me an electric truck would be perfect. They just cost too much.
Angular shape? Brushed stainless steel finish? Ultra-high performance? Controversial? I'm hearing distant echoes of de Lorean now - many of those were sold off by the liquidators for small money to farmers in N Ireland. What a sad come-down.
 
Angular shape? Brushed stainless steel finish? Ultra-high performance? Controversial? I'm hearing distant echoes of de Lorean now - many of those were sold off by the liquidators for small money to farmers in N Ireland. What a sad come-down.
At the time, and still, 40 years later, I would have taken one.
Can't say the same about Musk's Monstrosity.
 
EV CAR SALES ARE TANKING.

The short video below tells the tale of a 10 year old Range Rover Sport - Diesel Hybrid.
Car was bought at trade for £15k. 60,000 miles up. Preped for resale and sold to a customer.
Fault lights come on and Land Rover want £21,000 for a new hybrid battery pack!
Electric Madness.

 
The European market for Tesla's fell 50% last month. In the same time frame, all other EV sales were up 34%.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/t...2025-e971fe93?mod=mw_latestnews&mod=home-page


Seen on a Tesla bumper in Berlin....

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Phoenix Arizona is one of four major cities that Waymo has a sizable fleet ( 200 cars ) of fully autonomous taxis. My wife , just last week traveled through our international airport and she said she couldn’t believe the number of Waymo taxis pulling up and carting people away. The parent company Alphabet ( Google ) recently invested $5 Billion dollars in the Phoenix market. It peaked my interest and I watched a bunch of videos on YouTube and I have to grudgingly admit I was impressed. The cars are all electric Jaguars , on the outside they are bristling with spinning sensors and look a little weird, but the interior is normal looking except for the big video monitor facing the back seat. Here is a good video showing the whole process from ordering a ride , to being picked up, to what it is like riding in it. It’s surprisingly normal and has a very good safety record.


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If we’re not going to have driver education or traffic enforcement, we’re probably far better off getting the drivers off the road and replaced with robo cars. I imagine they would save many lives. You can sit in the car and stare at your phone or put your makeup on. There’s no pesky 2nd Amendment protection for driving a car. The day will come.
 
Will he recover from the backlash. Famous people are selling their Tesla's with tick-tock postings waving goodbye. Showrooms being shot up. (Totally against the violence), burnt down.
Stock prices are plumiting. Dropped $40 on today's (Mondays), market.

$208 since 15th February

6th, 8th and 11th this month
 

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