Automotive is still 100% capitalism. Manufacturers are still privately owned and still decide what to make and sell - within regulations. Anyone can start a new company like Rivian and Lucid and compete with the existing players.
My neighbor thinks billionaires are hoarding money and causing others to be poor which is ridiculous. My home and my retirement investments have doubled in value the last 7 years. That didn't take money out of anyone else's pocket.
Except It doesn't mean what you believe which is that nobody wants EVs. It means nobody wanted 100% EVs. There is a large percentage of the population who do want and are buying EVs and that will continue to grow as EVs get better and cheaper. They're not going away.
The problem is Ford and GM listened to and believed everything King Biden told them: You will build only EV's and the consumer will be ordered to buy them! Sounded like socialism.
Yea, many sectors of the U.S. economy including automotive are further away from true capitalism than the same sectors in the EU because of regulatory capture. @Biker16 has discussed the issue on this site.
My neighbor is a very liberal hippie type who sells pottery. We just don't talk politics. At our local artisan craft show I was walking over to chat with her during a slow period and I heard her tell another lady that she just doesn't think capitalism is sustainable. I just did a 180 and went back to my table biting my tongue. It was ironic since she's retired with a corporate pension and sells her pottery on the open market.
Please excuse me if I posted this but I cannot find the post,
MKZ thinks it is running hot but it is not! Does anyone know what could be wrong?
My Granddaughters as a 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid. At times the car will run down the road just fine then after 75 to 200 miles the car gives a warning on the dash that flashes Get off road safely now”, and the car looses acceleration speed and falls off two about 30 mph and you have to pull off the road. After doing this if you turn the key off and Waite about a minute you can then start the car back up and be on your way. Then you are on your way as normal for about another ½ mile. This process keeps repeating the process over and over.
We have tested the temperature in all the water hoses and they are NOT showing overheating.
We have replaced water thermostat, And most and the indicator water sensors in the event some of them could be reading incorrectly. And we have reset the error codes and are getting no new error messages when this happens.
One question I have is does anyone know where I could get a diagram of location of the sensor’s with voltage to check voltage output.
Bottom line is the car thinks it is running hot but it is not! Does anyone know what could be wrong?
Thank you in advance for your opinion
Steve