FORD will convert EV plant to trucks

[Sharky]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...S&cvid=a1d3dab10b064214a2e0a63f20fef3a7&ei=15

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[MountainGoat]

I think what happened is the losses from EVs where so surprisingly bad that it made it more profitable to just pay the EPA fines. Ford has some highly paid accountants who were able to calculate that it's better to pay $20k on each vehicle to the Canadian EPA than lose $100k on each one sold.

The federal government had previously announced that all vehicles sold in the country must emit zero emissions by 2035. Tuesday’s announcement clarified the schedule for the regulations, who is affected by them, and how the carmakers can comply.

The federal government is now mapping out the path for how it wants that to happen, now requiring 20 per cent of all cars, SUVs, crossovers and light-duty pickups sold by carmakers to emit zero emissions by 2026. By 2030 60 per cent of all cars sold must be zero emissions.

Emergency vehicles like firetrucks and ambulances will be exempt.

Carmakers will earn, lose and bank credits, worth $20,000 for every vehicle that has an all-electric range of at least 80 kilometres, for meeting, exceeding and failing to meet sales targets.

Companies will be forced to pay one credit for every vehicle not sold under their target. They can also begin earning credits right away for selling EVs before 2026 and for building fast-charging stations.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10179324/canada-ev-regulations/

 

[LaBalbe]

Good. Maybe if the car companies start fighting back on this unrealistic timeline, then it will finally morph into something that is reasonable and actually attainable, and not something that looks pretty in a political campaign speech but is out of touch with reality.

I think that if Trudeau had insisted on all new cars being at least hybrid by 2035 (hell, even 2030), he'd have set a goal that met both what the infrastructure is (and will likely be) capable of supporting, as well as what the consumers are comfortable with and are likely to buy into. Hybrids are a nice way to transition from one type of engine to the other in a sustainable and realistic manner.

Plus, the fact that they go around calling them "zero-emission vehicles" is ridiculous; at best, you can call them "deferred-emissions vehicles", because so long as there are power plants out there that release emissions into the atmosphere, anything that uses electricity is going to contribute to emissions indirectly.

 

[Grumpaw]

Good. Maybe if the car companies start fighting back on this unrealistic timeline, then it will finally morph into something that is reasonable and actually attainable, and not something that looks pretty in a political campaign speech but is out of touch with reality.

I think that if Trudeau had insisted on all new cars being at least hybrid by 2035 (hell, even 2030), he'd have set a goal that met both what the infrastructure is (and will likely be) capable of supporting, as well as what the consumers are comfortable with and are likely to buy into. Hybrids are a nice way to transition from one type of engine to the other in a sustainable and realistic manner.

Plus, the fact that they go around calling them "zero-emission vehicles" is ridiculous; at best, you can call them "deferred-emissions vehicles", because so long as there are power plants out there that release emissions into the atmosphere, anything that uses electricity is going to contribute to emissions indirectly.

Plus, they burn really neat, and it takes a bazzilion gallons of water to put the fire out !!!
Then, after they burn and the fire is out, you can't re-cycle em, so what do you do ????
I know....we'll throw em into the local landfill !!!

 

[Jhbryaniv]

Gosh dang it, the goobermant ain't gonna tell me anything.

 

[LaBalbe]

Gosh dang it, the goobermant ain't gonna tell me anything.

Oh, no, they'll tell you plenty, after all, running their mouth is about all that politicians are actually successful at; it just won't mean a damn thing, it'll be so vague and self-contradictory, as usual.

 

[Jhbryaniv]

Oh, no, they'll tell you plenty, after all, running their mouth is about all that politicians are actually successful at; it just won't mean a damn thing, it'll be so vague and self-contradictory, as usual.

Its for your own good.

Relax, let it happen...

It won't hurt, I promise...

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