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It should only activate over 25-30 MPH I think.

Nah, I was raised by someone who worked for the UAW and I was on strike when I was 17 years old working at a local grocery store for a few weeks. My old man said the union was pretty much useless outside of him being able to retire a little early due to the Edison plant being shutdown. The issue is that the vast majority of the time, the union is a self serving entity with ties to ideologies I don't particularly care for. Demographically unions may have more influence due to a shortage of workers due to smaller cohorts and labor becomes harder to fill in certain positions. But to blindly put your faith into a union is downright stupid.

The Outback Is nothing more then the Legacy Wagon. Then again the SGP platform underpins almost all of the Subaru products being sold outside of the BRZ and Solterra.

Cause it was put out during a shareholder meeting and not Musk directly? As for them being able to do it in 2025, well that is the question.

https://www.autoblog.com/2024/04/23/tesla-stock-surges-as-ev-maker-says-it-will-accelerate-the-launch-of-cheaper-cars

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/electric-car-sales-rise-affordability-focus-iea-says-2024-04-23/

Not to mention $170 million isn't really that much-Ford is investing roughly that in multiple subassembly plants (engines/transmission) with the new UAW contract.

Guessing something like this-my awesome MS paint skills LOL

It has a decent starting price for its size, but damn I was looking at the local dealerships and most of them are $45-50K, which is insane.

But there are a lot of variables with that- Not everyone will be at 0-10% when they recharge Fast charging is level 3 that can recharge a 60 kwh battery in under 30 minutes from empty. Superchargers can charge battery's to 80% in 15 minutes.

I live in the one of the densely populated places in the world, and my mass transit options are fairly limited for local use. For example, I can't even get to work (yeah its only about 15 miles away one way) using mass transit.

Till they wind up on the unemployment line...guess we will see how VW reacts to this-they already closed one plant in the US in the past 40 years.

They actually aren't Automakers with at least twice the industry standard (144 days) Dodge Fiat Ram Alfa Romeo Jaguar Hmmm....I see a pattern here.

That is the US in a nutshell when it comes to EVs...they are more popular in coastal areas or areas that are more built up and the further you go into the middle (and the greater distances you need to travel) they aren't as popular.

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/vw-factory-tennessee-union-results-uaw-00cbeffb Should be interesting how this all shakes out.

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/19/now-1-ev-fast-charging-station-for-every-15-gas-stations-in-usa/

The US Government has already warned Mexico not to offer Chinese Auto makers any incentives to build plants in its country also, since both the EU and NA are pushing back on the Chinese dumping product in both markets because of weak demand in China.

https://fordauthority.com/2024/04/ford-mustang-hybrid-awd-potentially-teased-video/amp/

I see what I said went completely over your head-people will not buy a sedan type vehicle (as borne out by sedan sales in the general market) due to the perceived improvement a two box vehicle gives them when it comes to having a more flexible vehicle that can do more (since it has more interior space) then a sedan. The increase in MPGs or Range isn't worth it to the consumer, they rather have a Swiss army knife of a vehicle then be boxed in to a sedan/hatchback shape, because vehicles are more expensive and people are keeping them longer. If a two box shape only impacts range 10-20% overall vs a sedan fastback shape, people will give up that additional range, even more so if charging is almost as easy as stopping at a gas station with longer wait.

The point I was trying to make is ICE loses a lot more power through rotational/parasitic losses then an EV drive train does.

knock on wood my wife's 2017 Escape with 115K miles on it hasn't had any issues.

This is neat All 7th-Gen Ford Mustangs Get 1965-Style Digital Gauges in Free OTA Update

They dropped the price on the Bronco Sport this year...its roughly only a $500 difference between it and the new Escape on the low end.