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2 hours ago, Alflives said:

Are buyers wising up to the shortcomings of current EVs? Will voters still listen to the political push for EVs? 


EV cars are still too expensive for the average folk. A lot of people simply can’t afford them. So they will wait for cheaper models to come to market. And I’m sure some people aren’t interested in driving a car that can stop working in the winter time. 

Gas powered cars will still be around for the foreseeable future. Regardless the political push to switch to EV’s. 

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/global-electric-car-sales-rose-31-2023-rho-motion-2024-01-11/

 

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) rose 31% in 2023, down from 60% growth in 2022, according to market research firm Rho Motion.

"The pace of growth is slowing, but that's what's expected in growing markets like this," Rho Motion data manager Charles Lester told Reuters. "You can't double every year."

 

After years of accelerating growth, some automakers fear electric car sales in Europe and elsewhere could be heading for slowing demand as drivers wait for better, smaller and cheaper models that are two to three years down the road.

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Totally not possible.  /s

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/03/trump-media-es-family-trust-2022-loans

Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation

Trump’s social media company went public relying partly on loans from trust managed by person of interest to prosecutors

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27 minutes ago, the destroyer of worlds said:

Of course they couldn't get the paperwork right.  Who could have guessed this would happen?

 

 

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/rejected-and-returned-for-correction-docs-for-trumps-175m-bond-get-bounced/

Rejected and ‘returned for correction’: Docs for Trump’s $175M bond get bounced

But I thought he always hired the "best people".....

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Noted Tesla bear says Musk’s EV maker could ‘go bust’ and stock is worth $14

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/03/tesla-bear-says-elon-musks-ev-maker-will-go-bust-stock-worth-14.html

 

 

Brand new Cybertruck owner left fuming when his $82,000 EV breaks down with critical fault just SECONDS after pulling out of the lot: 'Elon, what are you doing bro?'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13263995/New-Cybertrucks-critical-steering-wheel-issue.html

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3 hours ago, The Arrogant Worms said:
 

Trump Lawyer Alina Habba Rants E. Jean Carroll Will Get ‘ZERO’ From $83M — And Will Pay Trump’s Legal Bill

https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-lawyer-alina-habba-rants-e-jean-carroll-will-get-zero-from-83m-and-will-pay-trumps-legal-bill/

The Dotard probably told Habba habba that she wasn’t going to get a dime from him. She probably stands a better chance from collecting from the other side, which isn’t saying much.

 

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I’m a bit surprised that the tobacco industry hasn’t jumped aboard the freedumb bandwagon. Why hasn’t Trump seized on the the fundraising opportunities that this industry could provide?

Guns tobbaco and Jeebus. A perfect trifecta.

 

Make America Smoke Again!

 

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8 minutes ago, PistolPete13 said:

I’m a bit surprised that the tobacco industry hasn’t jumped aboard the freedumb bandwagon. Why hasn’t Trump seized on the the fundraising opportunities that this industry could provide?

Guns tobbaco and Jeebus. A perfect trifecta.

 

Make America Smoke Again!

 

Considering Pumpkinhead's support of the coal industry, that makes perfect sense, to get support from another dying industry.

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Former Trump White House Lawyer Predicts ‘Incompetent’ Judge Cannon Will Get Booted from Ex-President’s Docs Trial: ‘The 11th Circuit Will Likely Take Her off the Case’

https://www.mediaite.com/crime/former-trump-white-house-lawyer-predicts-incompetent-judge-cannon-will-get-booted-from-ex-presidents-docs-trial-the-11th-circuit-will-likely-take-her-off-the-case/

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16 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said:
 

Former Trump White House Lawyer Predicts ‘Incompetent’ Judge Cannon Will Get Booted from Ex-President’s Docs Trial: ‘The 11th Circuit Will Likely Take Her off the Case’

https://www.mediaite.com/crime/former-trump-white-house-lawyer-predicts-incompetent-judge-cannon-will-get-booted-from-ex-presidents-docs-trial-the-11th-circuit-will-likely-take-her-off-the-case/

Long overdue IMO.

 

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Trump Loses It on ‘Lowlife’ Jack Smith for ‘Attacking’ the ‘Highly Respected’ Classified Docs Judge After Months of Launching Broadsides

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-loses-it-on-lowlife-jack-smith-for-attacking-the-highly-respected-classified-docs-judge-after-months-of-launching-broadsides/

 

“Deranged ‘Special’ Counsel Jack Smith, who has a long record of failure as a prosecutor, including a unanimous decision against him in the U.S. Supreme Court, should be sanctioned or censured for the way he is attacking a highly respected Judge, Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over his FAKE Documents Hoax case in Florida,” wrote Trump on Truth Social.

 

“He is a lowlife who is nasty, rude, and condescending, and obviously trying to “play the ref.” He shouldn’t even be allowed to participate in this sham case, where I, unlike Crooked Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and all the rest, come under the Presidential Records Act.

 

I DID NOTHING WRONG, BUT BIDEN DID, AND THEY LET HIM OFF SCOT-FREE. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN, JACK? A TWO TIERED SYSTEM OF JUSTICE. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!”

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are there any trump supporters here?
i remember during the 2016 election a whole bunch of new accounts showed up on cdc and started pushing the trump narrative really hard. After the election, most were gone or went silent. Not even hockey fans it seemed.

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16 minutes ago, Toni Zamboni said:

are there any trump supporters here?
i remember during the 2016 election a whole bunch of new accounts showed up on cdc and started pushing the trump narrative really hard. After the election, most were gone or went silent. Not even hockey fans it seemed.

The few Trump supporters who know how to read and write seem to have a lot of difficulty following the posting guidelines and end up getting themselves banned.

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36 minutes ago, Toni Zamboni said:

are there any trump supporters here?
i remember during the 2016 election a whole bunch of new accounts showed up on cdc and started pushing the trump narrative really hard. After the election, most were gone or went silent. Not even hockey fans it seemed.

 

There are....

 

You can tell who they are by the way they start off a post by saying, "I don't like Trump, but....."

 

Basically, Trump supporters without the courage of their convictions....

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