Reality check on electric cars

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California makes universal mail-in voting permanent

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And mail in ballots don't use fossil fuels.

The SOTC doesn't have elections. It only has sham 'elections', like any oligarchy or dictatorship.
 
Won't happen. The government cannot just destroy the entire oil industry outright, nor the automotive manufacturers outright. Civil war will happen before that.

The auto manufacturers have been cowed into submission already and have meekly "transitioned" to non-ICE production en masse.

As for the other points, we will see.
 
Won't happen. The government cannot just destroy the entire oil industry outright, nor the automotive manufacturers outright.
Civil war will happen before that.

The auto manufacturers are going full electric. It is happening. Are you always wrong? The truth is electric cars are cheaper to make and the profit per vehicle is high.
 
The auto manufacturers have been cowed into submission already and have meekly "transitioned" to non-ICE production en masse.

As for the other points, we will see.

They are producing them because there is market for them. The market for ICE cars isn't going anywhere.
Some manufacturers have specialized on the electric car, such as Tesla. Most cars in the lineup this year at General Motors are ICE cars. The only exception is the Bolt. As for Ford, only three vehicles out of their entire lineup this year are electric vehicles. You can get a hybrid option on some others.

Yeah, The F-150 now has an electric version. So far there is no significant demand for it. The F-150 ICE version isn't going away anytime soon.

Toyota is going mostly for hybrids (ICE vehicles) and non-hybrid (fully ICE) vehicles, with relatively few electric vehicles. The Prius is probably the most well known hybrid of the Toyota lineup.

Honda has one electric car in their lineup. The Clarity.

For all of these manufacturers, the bulk of their sales are ICE, and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
 
It is incorrect. Forbes Magazine is not a valid source.

Several automobile manufacturers have made pledges to halt or drastically reduce producing cars with internal combustion engines between 2030 and 2035. The latest was Audi, a subsidiary of Germany's Volkswagen, which pledged to launch only fully electric vehicles from 2026 and halt manufacturing cars with internal combustion engines by 2033. Here's a look at other major automakers who have already set a deadline for their model line-ups to go fully electric.

BMW: The German carmaker has increased its electric vehicle sales targets as stricter emission limits are pushing all manufacturers to make the shift. Over the coming decade, BMW now wants to sell 10 million fully-electric vehicles, up from its previous target of four million. The upscale carmaker was an early mover towards electric vehicles with its i3, but was then overtaken, in particular by Tesla. In addition to proposing a fully electric version of each model, BMW also announced in March that its brand Mini would shift completely to electric vehicles within a decade.

Volkswagen: The German car group plans to have electric vehicles account for 60 percent of sales in Europe by 2030, and 50 percent of the global total. It has yet to announce a date for retiring internal combustion engines. Volkswagen's luxury carmaker Porsche has not announced an end date for petrol and diesel engines, but is targeting carbon neutrality by 2030. Lamborghini, which also belongs to the Volkswagen group, announced last month its road-map to switching towards electric for its luxury sports cars. It hopes to have electric options for all of its models by the end of 2024.

Volvo: The subsidiary of the Chinese group Geely plans to retire internal combustion engines and hybrids from its lineup by 2030. It aims for half of its cars to be electric by 2025.

GM: The US automaker has said it plans to stop building polluting vehicles by 2035, even if it hasn't explicitly stated to offer only electric vehicles.

Stellantis: The group which contains the Jeep, Chrysler, Fiat, Peugeot, Citroen and Opel brands, has said it will no longer invest in the development of new internal combustion engines.

Toyota: The pioneer in hybrids aims for them to account for 70 percent of sales in 2025 and traditional internal combustion engines to account for just 10 percent. Another 10 percent would be plug-in hybrids and the remaining 10 percent fully-electric or hydrogen powered.

Daimler: The Mercedes-Benz maker said in April it plans to accelerate its shift towards electric vehicles, doubling the sale of fully-electric and hybrids this year. By 2025, it aims for 25 percent of sales to be electric, and 50 percent by 2030.

https://www.firstpost.com/tech/auto-tech/evs-are-the-future-a-list-of-all-carmakers-who-have-decided-to-phase-out-ice-vehicles-and-go-electric-9744401.html

Ford, GM & four other OEMs commit to phase out gas car production by 2040

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