• @gayhitler420@lemm.ee
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      22 years ago

      They’re planning on building four, and they paused construction recently as a power play in negotiations when the uaw said battery workers should get the same pay as the machinists.

      I saw that those plants will be making batteries for the new f150, not the much smaller evs that everyone else drives.

      Battery manufacture is part of its own can of worms though, and one that doesn’t make evs look great either.

      I wanna also say that I’m not against spinning down the ice auto industry, but no one who’s suggesting doing that or making fun of people who recognize that it’s the consequence of things that are already happening has a real plan for it.

        • @gayhitler420@lemm.ee
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          12 years ago

          i’m skeptical about electric trucks.

          they’re gonna be a hit with the people who’ve been buying them instead of sedans lately, but the fleet and rural markets are gonna be less inclined to use em and needing a big battery service periodically is gonna change the long term value proposition of a full size truck for a lot of people.

          • @Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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            12 years ago

            but the fleet and rural markets are gonna be less inclined to use em

            I guess we’ll NEVER FUCKING KNOW because they insist on only making MINIVANS FOR INSECURE DADS.

            • me, desperately wanting a practical electric truck