EVs can't work, and are just stepping stones to banning all personal transportation

[acptulsa]

Well, in French his name is Gomer Battery

And in American it's Golfcart Gomer.

You can't laugh at it because it's a Harley...

 

[GomerPile]

Sooo... Why did you name yourself after a nice, polite gentleman again? Just curious.

And I rest my case....Gomer PYLE is the name of a FICTIONAL television character. Gomer PILE is a handle I invented by swapping out a single letter. The pronunciation may be the same but the meaning is not. It's a great idiot filter IMO.... the good news is that you didn't associate it with the movie Full Metal Jacket so you didn't make it all the way to the top of the list, just the upper third. Work hard and maybe things will get better for you.

 

[acptulsa]

Nothing will ever get better for you, so long as you think your attitude is an adequate substitute for reason.

 

[Voluntarist]

From Consumer Reports:

Consumers are buying electric vehicles in growing numbers, but poor reliability remains an issue, according to the latest Annual Auto Reliability Survey data from Consumer Reports (CR), the nonprofit research, testing, and consumer advocacy organization. Electric pickups in particular are the least reliable category of vehicles.

On average, new EVs have 79 percent more problems than ICE vehicles. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) fare even worse with an average of 146 percent more problems. Hybrids, on the other hand, continue to be a bright spot. They experience 26 percent fewer problems than ICE vehicles on average, according to CR’s survey.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

I like our Tesla Model Y. Great commuter car.

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://twitter.com/xxclusionary/status/1735081371238830543
{Right Side of History @xxclusionary | 13 December 2023}

In light of the current news [see this post - OB], here’s a reminder that IBM is laying the ground work for EV chargers that restrict charging based on social credit scores:

IBM, one of the world's largest IT companies with operations in over 170 countries, has filed a patent for a database that limits the ability of a user to use an EV charging station based on a blackbox "social credit score."

The patent discusses:

- A tracking database associates each EV/charging session with a user profile and EV profile. The EV profile contains identifying info like license plate and technical details like battery size.

- The system collects charging session data over time to generate machine learning models that can predict charge completion times. This data can be associated with similar past sessions to improve the models.

- The system notifies EV owners when their charge will be complete, so they can move their vehicle and open up the charger. It can also notify waiting EV owners when a charger is likely to become available.

- The system collects user behavior data to establish "social scores" and reward good behavior.

- So in summary, it uses machine learning and a "social credit" system to optimize charger usage.

 

[CaptUSA]

Nearly Half Of America's Buick Dealers Take Buyout Instead Selling EVs: Report

Mind you, Buick doesn’t sell a single electric vehicle in the United States. At least for now.

https://insideevs.com/news/701623/buick-dealers-buyout-ev-sales/

When the Great Recession forced the American auto industry to downsize, Buick was saved from General Motors' kill list largely because of its surprisingly strong following in China. That's not so much the case anymore as Chinese buyers start to go for Chinese brands instead. So where does that leave Buick's future now? For starters, with 50% fewer dealers across the United States.

That’s because they didn’t want to get in on GM's EV plans for the brand, which admittedly is a bit late already to the electrification game. Automotive News reports that about half of Buick's dealers took a buyout this year when given a choice between that and investing in selling EVs.

As it stands today, Buick doesn’t have a single EV in its U.S. portfolio, but that’s about to change starting next year when the company’s first battery-powered car is scheduled to debut Stateside.

Out of the roughly 2,000 U.S. Buick franchises that were open at the beginning of 2023, 47% or about 1,000 of them chose a buyout instead of investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in tooling, equipment, charging and training to prepare to sell and service EVs as the carmaker prepares to go all-electric by the end of the decade.

To the EV cultists, this is a feature - not a bug.

 

[acptulsa]

Considering it'll use the same tech as the Volt, the half that quit are wise ones.

They're nearly all also GMC dealers, and will probably stay with those. Just another round of forcing Americans into gas guzzling light trucks, because the oil companies do rule. Anyone who thinks the oil companies don't like them switching us out of ICE vehicles (or trying to) doesn't know where electricity comes from.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Half Of Buick Dealers Choose A GM Buyout To Avoid Selling EVs

https://www.thefinancialtrends.com/...lers-choose-a-gm-buyout-to-avoid-selling-evs/

 

[acptulsa]

Nearly Half Of America's Buick Dealers Take Buyout Instead Selling EVs: Report

Mind you, Buick doesn’t sell a single electric vehicle in the United States. At least for now.

https://insideevs.com/news/701623/buick-dealers-buyout-ev-sales/



To the EV cultists, this is a feature - not a bug.

Half Of Buick Dealers Choose A GM Buyout To Avoid Selling EVs

https://www.thefinancialtrends.com/...lers-choose-a-gm-buyout-to-avoid-selling-evs/

Um, gee, that spam was timely. And not at all repetitive...

ETA: Oh, sorry. I forgot you can't tell without at least three

 

[GomerPile]

So this idea can't be applied at the gas pump? Only an electric car charger? What about when you are at home charging?

https://twitter.com/xxclusionary/status/1735081371238830543
{Right Side of History @xxclusionary | 13 December 2023}

In light of the current news [see this post - OB], here’s a reminder that IBM is laying the ground work for EV chargers that restrict charging based on social credit scores:

IBM, one of the world's largest IT companies with operations in over 170 countries, has filed a patent for a database that limits the ability of a user to use an EV charging station based on a blackbox "social credit score."

The patent discusses:

- A tracking database associates each EV/charging session with a user profile and EV profile. The EV profile contains identifying info like license plate and technical details like battery size.

- The system collects charging session data over time to generate machine learning models that can predict charge completion times. This data can be associated with similar past sessions to improve the models.

- The system notifies EV owners when their charge will be complete, so they can move their vehicle and open up the charger. It can also notify waiting EV owners when a charger is likely to become available.

- The system collects user behavior data to establish "social scores" and reward good behavior.

- So in summary, it uses machine learning and a "social credit" system to optimize charger usage.

 

[acptulsa]

So this idea can't be applied at the gas pump?

Can't keep me from dropping a hose with a twelve volt pump on it in a tank.

We're not talking about kowtowing here. We're talking about defiance.

 

[GomerPile]

Can't keep me from dropping a hose with a twelve volt pump on it in a tank.

We're not talking about kowtowing here. We're talking about defiance.

And they cant stop you from digging up a buried electrical cable and tapping it...no locks, no cameras, no sheeple buying lotto tickets.

 

[ClaytonB]

The difference between an electric grid and fuel delivery is that an electric grid is necessarily connected/online at all times, whereas the fuel delivery has no need to be connected/online, even if most just happen to be. So, if they impose a social-credit score to access energy, fuel station owners who don't believe in that BS can just unplug their pumps from the online crap and process transactions manually. Yes, it will mean you have to walk into the store to pay... "OMG what an inconvenience". But walk into the store to pay, versus no gas at all, is an easy choice. But even this remedy will not work for the electric grid. If they switch you off or refuse service, then there is no remedy. You can disconnect from the grid but that's just fine by them, you have "low social credit score" anyway.

And yes, we can expect to see this applied to home electric hookup before much longer. The Agenda is marching forward on a schedule...

 

[Anti Federalist]

And they cant stop you from digging up a buried electrical cable and tapping it...no locks, no cameras, no sheeple buying lotto tickets.

The grid cannot and will not ever be able to handle 300 million EVs recharging off it.

 

[acptulsa]

And they cant stop you from digging up a buried electrical cable and tapping it...no locks, no cameras, no sheeple buying lotto tickets.

Have fun with that.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Report: Despite Billions in Government Investments, Electric Vehicles ‘Piling Up on Dealer Lots’

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2...ents-electric-vehicles-piling-up-dealer-lots/

JOHN BINDER 27 Dec 2023

Electric Vehicles (EVs) are “piling up on dealer lots” as American consumers continue buying traditional gas-powered cars at faster rates, the Wall Street Journal reports.

According to the Journal, despite major investments from the federal government and automakers into EVs, Americans are not warming to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda the way the administration and the industry had predicted.

The Journal reports:

As a result, electric cars and trucks are piling up on dealer lots, causing auto companies to reassess their investment plans. It takes a dealership around three weeks longer to sell an EV than a gasoline vehicle, according to data from car-shopping website Edmunds. A year ago, battery-powered models were selling faster than their gasoline counterparts.

Aside from a lack of electric charging stations and consumer nervousness over reliability, the cost of EVs remains a prime reason why Americans are choosing gas-powered cars instead.

Figures published in the Journal show that the average EV cost buyers nearly $52,000 last month, while the average gas-powered car cost less than $45,000. Industry experts said they do not expect EVs to get any cheaper until 2025.

Also an issue for automakers is that EVs are primarily being bought up in only a few states and cities. For example, from July through September, almost 25 percent of all EVs sold were sold in California, and the top four metropolitan areas for EVs were in California.

The Biden administration’s massive taxpayer-funded investments into EVs have yet to come to fruition. For instance, the $7.5 billion allocated to build electric chargers across the United States has yet to produce a single charger.

As Breitbart News recently reported, U.S. car dealers have urged Biden to abandon his EV mandates and carbon emission regulations, which would effectively force all-electric cars on consumers, pointing to a widespread lack of demand among Americans.

Likewise, a Consumer Reports survey reveals that EVs have almost 80 percent more problems than gas-powered cars using traditional combustion engines.

 

[tod evans]

 

[acptulsa]

 

[CaptUSA]