Absolutely but I’m looking at the irony of the preferences of the two governments as
the rest of the world is about to get its pockets picked by China’s aggressive pricing..
Not critical of the US policy but I think it’s something that needs to be monitored
and if direct investment is warranted, do that in lieu of EV tax credits?
You know what’s ironic here? The EREV version has 104 KwHr battery that’s
larger than the base Lightning (98 KwHr) plus a 1.5 EB range extender…
How odd that China is about to produce this. whale Ford was claiming that
big battery costs in electric vehicles were not helping its bottom line…
Ford is definitely a corporate full of conflicting views…
The biggest improvement in emissions and average car fleet fuel economy came in the 1970s and 1980s
where car fuel economy average went from 13 mpg to 27 mpg, mostly helping to eliminate smog in large
city areas. CAFE has now become more of an impediment to progress and efficiency thanks to its overly
high fuel economy targets for cars versus Trucks and Utilities.
I think it’s time for a complete tear up and redo of CAFE to reflect the types of vehicles being produced today,
the original target (cars) have mostly been replaced by Utilities and Crew Cab Pickups that have much softer targets
that everyone seems to want. I think the CAFE limits Aare now so distorted that they actually work against the
kind of fuel efficiency possible with lighter lower cost vehicles.
I’ll get off the soap box now….