You seem so certain of that, but the numbers don’t add up when I run them.

The car I’m driving is 25 years old

How much does it cost to import?

Used EVs are looking like not as good a deal as used ICE vehicles due to the battery replacement costs.

Modular interior options would be great

What are your initial impressions regarding the Mach-E compared to other EV options?

I can’t believe that none of these car companies believe that most people don’t like the large computer monitor mounted to their dashboard. It looks like shit. It’s distracting. It doesn’t work for the use case better than other options.

Why is lease financing strange here?

Dealerships are also concerned about the direct to consumer model that has shown to be viable and the inevitable tide of Chinese manufacturers taking over the market.

https://paultan.org/image/2024/09/MyZEVA-top-10-EVs-July-2024.jpg

What type of business?

So directly, absolutely not.

Indirectly, probably.

Do you think that prison labor and undocumented workers are a significant portion of the labor used to produce EVs in the USA?

it’s not the manufacturer that bears the cost of tarriffs, it’s the customers.

And the locals that lose their means of providing for themselves.

The counterpoints are about local US employment and thinking comparative advantage is bullshit.

Time to start pushing for EV subsidies from Congress for real.

Elon was already aware of the global landscape and chose Trump as the conduit for government support of the EV market.

I’m saying that scenario has a low probability

Wikipedia has a great image of orientations on the dates of Saturn’s opposition from 2001 thru 2029 (copied below). It really shows what’s going on and the approximate timing of visibility of the rings as they change from a Northern to Southern view from Earth’s perspective. Between March and November of 2025 the rings will be in the least visible orientations.