SkyDekker 1,465 #26 December 7, 2023 5 hours ago, brenthutch said: Ask the children in Congo about cobalt mining Ask the children in the Appalachian about coal mining. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,089 #27 December 7, 2023 News about the "failing" EV transition: Ford hits new EV sales record in Nov as Lightning becomes bestselling electric truck Peter Johnson | Dec 4 2023 - 9:17 am PT Ford’s CEO Jim Farley broke the news on Friday that F-150 Lightning sales broke a monthly sales record last month. F-150 Lightning sales more than doubled (+113%) in November, with 4,393 units sold. With the growth, Ford’s Lightning is the bestselling electric pickup through November, edging out the Rivian R1T. Ford sold more Lightning models last month than it did in the entire third quarter (3,503 units sold). Lightning output was limited in Q3 as Ford retooled its EV plant in Michigan. https://electrek.co/2023/12/04/ford-sets-ev-sales-record-nov-lightning-becomes-best-seller/ 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #28 December 9, 2023 On 12/7/2023 at 10:30 AM, SkyDekker said: Ask the children in the Appalachian about coal mining. You may also want to talk to these children in TN: https://x.com/bykenarmstrong/status/1446505198516535297?s=46&t=RDceXeFsWTvtFxxd8aViHA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brenthutch 444 #29 December 10, 2023 (edited) On 12/7/2023 at 2:49 PM, billvon said: News about the "failing" EV transition: Ford hits new EV sales record in Nov as Lightning becomes bestselling electric truck Peter Johnson | Dec 4 2023 - 9:17 am PT Ford’s CEO Jim Farley broke the news on Friday that F-150 Lightning sales broke a monthly sales record last month. F-150 Lightning sales more than doubled (+113%) in November, with 4,393 units sold. With the growth, Ford’s Lightning is the bestselling electric pickup through November, edging out the Rivian R1T. Ford sold more Lightning models last month than it did in the entire third quarter (3,503 units sold). Lightning output was limited in Q3 as Ford retooled its EV plant in Michigan. https://electrek.co/2023/12/04/ford-sets-ev-sales-record-nov-lightning-becomes-best-seller/ Compared to 70,000+ international combustion engine trucks. Meanwhile in Germany… “Sales of new cars fell in Germany in November, official data showed on Tuesday, dragged down by plummeting demand for electric vehicles” https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/german-electric-car-sales-plummet-after-subsidies-run-out-3e61a484-ab71-46b2-8cdd-3cb053b02749 Edited December 10, 2023 by brenthutch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #30 December 10, 2023 31 minutes ago, brenthutch said: Compared to 70,000+ international combustion engine trucks. Meanwhile in Germany… “Sales of new cars fell in Germany in November, official data showed on Tuesday, dragged down by plummeting demand for electric vehicles” https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/german-electric-car-sales-plummet-after-subsidies-run-out-3e61a484-ab71-46b2-8cdd-3cb053b02749 An unnamed author of a story in a South African news site talks about declining sales for one month and that's the best you can do. I guess you're scraping the bottom of the interwebs for anything that supports your position. Meanwhile, after 12 consecutive months of record-breaking temperatures and you're still denying that pattern. Who says trolls can't be at least mildly entertaining? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,868 #31 December 10, 2023 57 minutes ago, lippy said: An unnamed author of a story in a South African news site talks about declining sales for one month and that's the best you can do. I guess you're scraping the bottom of the interwebs for anything that supports your position. Meanwhile, after 12 consecutive months of record-breaking temperatures and you're still denying that pattern. Who says trolls can't be at least mildly entertaining? Citing a South African source seemed legit to me, after all he was referencing international combustion engines. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,149 #32 December 10, 2023 1 hour ago, lippy said: An unnamed author of a story in a South African news site ... Maybe he is pandering to become a moderator in SC. Isn't the owner of SC a S. African? Like trump he might have dreams of retribution and retaliation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #33 December 11, 2023 Can't charge your EV at home? Don't like to wait for your EV to charge at public chargers? Help is on the way: 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
