Big Ford EV Announcement Coming Aug 11th

[UncleDave]

My daytime rate is 25 cents. But I don't really pay that. I'll let everyone speculate as to why.

Can you just tell me?
I wont tell anyone else.

 

[jghall00]

Also the only short term fix is likely natural gas. Gas is virtually free currently because we have more than we can use. That price will change when we start using it. Europe pays 6X more for nat gas than we do.

Renewables are better. There's a shortage of gas turbine production capacity if you haven't heard. Renewables and storage can be deployed far more quickly than gas generation.

 

[Hermann]

Most of the Tesla's I see are not local. The Tesla charging station at the Hy-Vee Food Store is just off exit 16 on I-35 North. It is mostly out of state plates or no front plate which is a dead giveaway. I see some Fords charging there on occasion. There are quite a few Mach-E's running around that are local.

 

[jghall00]

Can you just tell me?
I wont tell anyone else.

Here's the answer.

 

[UncleDave]

Here's the answer.

Being in the TV/Film/ Entertainment business I love using movie lines.

"Free" is a word that raises lots of questions.

I'm ROI positive on my solar but I still hesitate to use the word "free" for power it makes or anything else.

 

[Torrid]

Most of the Tesla's I see are not local. The Tesla charging station at the Hy-Vee Food Store is just off exit 16 on I-35 North. It is mostly out of state plates or no front plate which is a dead giveaway. I see some Fords charging there on occasion. There are quite a few Mach-E's running around that are local.

That's pretty common when you get close to Superchargers. There's not much reason to use them locally unless you don't have home charging. There's a really popular Supercharger in the Wisconsin Dells that's you always see a lot of Teslas coming and going. I know I'd see even more Teslas here if there was a Supercharger in town.

 

[Torrid]

Yes I could have been more specific. We haven’t increased electricity production in 30 years. Our big issue is overall electricity production - for AI, for industrial reshoring if we’re going to do that. And for EV if we’re going to do that. Sounds like a big lift.

Also the only short term fix is likely natural gas. Gas is virtually free currently because we have more than we can use. That price will change when we start using it. Europe pays 6X more for nat gas than we do.

I think it's growing at the necessary rate for EV adoption. At least for now it's just people who want EVs buying EVs. Freedom of choice, right? I haven't had a problem with public charging either and I can only think of one time I've had to wait for a charger which was around 5 minutes after arrival. I've definitely waited an a gas pump more times and longer than that in the past.

Maybe that's me not wanting to be inconvenienced in general but I don't care if someone doesn't want an EV. It's one less EV in my way in charging situations. As far as AI goes, it's a waste of resources for a mediocre product. I'm surrounded by AI already driving Teslas and using an Android phone again. What's hilarious is how wrong AI gets some basic questions and while Gemini has gotten pretty good for what it is, it's just a stupid novelty. I know how to use the devices around me and I don't need AI to automate all of it. I see how bad FSD is at times. I don't need it. I shut all that junk off.