M_B_S wrote:Have fun driving your SUV!
KaiserJeep wrote:AdamB, I like your enthusiasm, and I personally am a fan of EVs. But in the US we bought 159,139 EVs in 2016, out of 17,550,000 total vehicles. That is in fact up 37% over EV sales in 2015, but still only a 0.9% market share. This is simply not enough to make a dent in oil use, the demand for oil is still increasing.
ROCKMAN wrote:"American (Canadian) auto makers and the foreign auto makers in the North American market are doing everything they can to undermine fuel efficient car sales." Yep, same damn problem with the free market where consumers are allowed to buy what the want instead of what they should. LOL.
jedrider wrote:No problem. Cars are learning how to drive themselves. People may become obsolete.
KaiserJeep wrote:AdamB, I like your enthusiasm, and I personally am a fan of EVs. But in the US we bought 159,139 EVs in 2016, out of 17,550,000 total vehicles.
Kaiser Jeep wrote:
That is in fact up 37% over EV sales in 2015, but still only a 0.9% market share. This is simply not enough to make a dent in oil use, the demand for oil is still increasing.
ROCKMAN wrote:"Look up the definition of a free market before spouting off." Free market definition from Merriam Webster: "An economic market or system in which prices are based on competition among private businesses and not controlled by a government" Such as the US auto market where prices are based on competition among private businesses and not controlled by a government. Competition generated from buyers who decide on their own whether to pay $100k for an EV from Musk or $35k to Chevy. Or pay $12k to Kia for a 40 mpg car or pay $60k for a 4X4 dually V-8 PU from Dodge that gets 14 mpg.
Sounds like a f*cking free market to me according to the definition. LOL.
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