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We are about to experience a new era of electric cars that are fun, fast, affordable and practical and I'm kind of excited about that.

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Originally Posted by thirdchildhood (Post 4662896)

We are about to experience a new era of electric cars that are fun, fast, affordable and practical and I'm kind of excited about that.

Maybe, but I am skeptical. Gonna have to have major improvement in range, styling and charging station saturation before I trade in my ZO6! That time will probably come well after I leave this earth. LOL

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Originally Posted by thirdchildhood (Post 4662896)

We are about to experience a new era of electric cars that are fun, fast, affordable and practical and I'm kind of excited about that.

hell yea hopefully all them tree huggers buy them . gas becomes cheap as hell, cause these new electric trash can cars ,, then I get still enjoy my gass guzzling toys , my diesl burning smoke emitting trucks for cheap as hell .. come on already build these fast fun electric car .. im all for it 100 percent . youre spot on . just taking too long . might be awhile before I see a 350 electric truck pulling a 38 footer behind her im guessing , hmm a lot of money made on black gold .. probly be a while .. just saying ..

The Miejers by my house just put in a row of like 20 Tesla/electric car chargers in their parking lot.

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Originally Posted by sprsptr (Post 4662892)

Your assessment is dead on. This latest action by GM is just an affirmation that employees, taxpayers and even President Trump matter not as long as they can post larger profits. Ford moving production back to the US last year was an admirable and supportive action, and bolstered their credibility with the country.The approach taken by FCA to revamp existing plants to produce new models is commendable, and exactly what GM should be undertaking. They could have posted a profit of 5 Bil instead of 7.5 Bil, and used the 2.5 Bil to keep their employees on, while revamping the existing plants. As for me, I will vote with my wallet. My C7 is the last GM product I will buy for a long time.

Its hard to believe that any company that has not relentlessly pursued profits is going to be around long. Pretty sure it has always been that way. GM beat Ford to the punch with their restructuring, Ford's is coming up and likely will be at least as ugly.

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Originally Posted by ROB FREEMAN (Post 4663120)

. might be awhile before I see a 350 electric truck pulling a 38 footer behind her im guessing.....

Are you familiar with how locomotives and ships are powered? Often diesel is still involved, but ultimately they are electric vehicles.

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Originally Posted by phragle (Post 4663154)

The Miejers by my house just put in a row of like 20 Tesla/electric car chargers in their parking lot.

got a pik yesterday...this is Toledo...not the west coast or the northeast green territories... but the good old rust belt...

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Originally Posted by Chart (Post 4663230)

Are you familiar with how locomotives and ships are powered? Often diesel is still involved, but ultimately they are electric vehicles.

trains and ships have little to do with battery power unlike these cars. Yes they use electric motors but those giant diesel generators are powering those motors not batteries.

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Originally Posted by phragle (Post 4663154)

The Miejers by my house just put in a row of like 20 Tesla/electric car chargers in their parking lot.

They did that about a year ago at a local Mall.... friend of mine has a Tesla.....nice car.... he plugged it in at the mall.... came out 1/2 hour later & someone had unplugged it for him.....lol....