Interview with Mary Barra

[70 copo]

It is being reported that Mary will tell the investors TODAY that GM will not make a profit on any EV sales until 2025 at the earliest.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...c-cars-in-2025

[markinnaples]

One has to wonder if GM is going to survive this current economic environment and managerial decisioning. Sad.

[70 copo]

The reviewer of the HUMMER EV LOVED IT!

So that's the good news. The bad news it that it took 2 hours and 32 minutes to charge the Hummer to full charge and this was at a charging station with a fast charger. AC charging at home could be cheaper, but it would take longer.

The Hummer has a range of 329 miles. In some instances with a charger station membership it could wind up costing less than $100 to charge.

The take away is that from a practical prospective the cost alone to charge the battery at a fast charger (2 hours and 32 minutes) could still wind up costing nearly as much as a tank of gas as currently priced, all due to the design of the Hummer's massive battery pack.


https://www.thedrive.com/news/chargi...t-you-over-100

[scuncio]

Rates are significantly cheaper if you’re a member of the charging network, which anyone driving an EV ought to be anyway.

[mssl72]

I saw a Hummer EV in Burbank the other night. Looked cool.

[JoeC]

seems like the electric stuff is gaining popularity fast

electric motorcycles, bicycles, lawn mowers, power washers, weed whackers, etc

even electric aircraft

https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsore...ic-flight/208/

[TomP]

Ha, my cousin is near you (Gabriola) and drives a gas powered car... no big deal except he worked at Ballard in the 80's and always drove electric cars and motorcycles since back then. If he hasn't embraced the technology i'm sure not going to be a guinea pig for it.

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Arrowsmith

Brand new 1.2 million dollar Rimac clectric hypercar and according to the Financial Times, it burned for five (5!) days after the crash....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18oAkxwYQh0

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Arrowsmith

I'm not certain what the relevancy of a (now) 2+million dollar electric hypercar has to do with me not wanting to work on an electric car?

Mate's a hot-rodder who's found satisfaction and enjoyment working on electric motors for a while - dropping his first one into a small BMW, he said. So it's doable (if you want).