Still want an EV? (NO POLITICS)

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

You can't have a green grift with out taking the cash and running!

Henrik Fisker President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board $783,255
Geeta Gupta-Fisker Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Former President $778,585
Burkhard J. Huhnke Chief Technology Officer $997,707
John C. Finnucan IV Chief Accounting Officer $436,661
Board of Directors in FISKER INC
Mark E. Hickson $247,028
Mitchell S. Zuklie $242,028
Nadine I. Watt $250,028
Roderick K. Randall $239,528
Wendy J. Greuel $257,028
William R. McDermott $267,028

https://www1.salary.com/FISKER-INC-D...-Salaries.html

Do you think the Fisker bankruptcy will have deep impact on the EV industry?

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Lucid will also likely go bankrupt. When the Saudis get tired of losing money they are toast.

More Green grift. Hard to understand why people hate government intervention in the free market?

Lucid Group, Inc.
Peter Rawlinson Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer $6,837,215
Sherry House Former Chief Financial Officer $10,934,106
Michael Bell Senior Vice President, Digital $9,307,998
Eric Bach Senior Vice President, Product and Chief Engineer $10,439,943
Gagan Dhingra Interim Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Accounting and Principal Accounting Officer $3,550,576
Marc Winterhoff Chief Operating Officer $8,491,692
Board of Directors in Lucid Group, Inc.
Andrew Liveris $280,496
Frank Lindenberg $232,996
Glenn R. August $229,496
Janet S. Wong $235,496
Nancy Gioia $225,496
Nichelle Maynard-Elliot $219,496
Tony Posawatz $232,996
Turqi Alnowaiser $233,496
https://www1.salary.com/Lucid-Group-...-Salaries.html

Anyone want to know the political donations made to politicians from these grifters?

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Do you think the Fisker bankruptcy will have deep impact on the EV industry?

Nope no more that the Solyndra grift had on clean energy. The grift goes on and the tax payers pay.

It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.
-P. J. O'Rourke

[eugenebmw]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

I could be mistaken but I may have read that some bone head was offering to replace older P-car 911 flat 6 gas engines with an EV power unit, well fek me if it's true

Just like Lotus dropped ICE and go to full electric. I think the CEO must be all time high !!!

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

I could be mistaken but I may have read that some bone head was offering to replace older P-car 911 flat 6 gas engines with an EV power unit, well fek me if it's true

Somewhere there is a VW Bug or Bus with a very happy owner.

[Car-Addicted]

On the subject of solar grift.
Another Solar Company Goes Bust
June 18, 2024
One of the largest residential solar installers in the nation has abruptly shut its doors and filed for bankruptcy in the latest blow to a troubled industry.
Titan Solar, which installed thousands of systems across the U.S., informed its employees June 13 that it was “closing its doors,”
Titan is not the only solar installer to close up shop lately. The company, which could not be reached for comment for this story—its website has shut down—is one of 16 major solar outfits that have filed for bankruptcy in 2023 and 2024, according to Solar Insure, which offers warranties and monitoring for homeowners who have solar. They include Pink Energy and Vision Solar, which like other operators in the industry faced regulatory action and numerous consumer complaints. Customers are left with solar panels on their homes that they may or may not want. Some are working with lenders to find another company to take over the maintenance of their panels; others are just trying to get out of the loans.
https://time.com/6989810/titan-solar-closing/

If it's green it likely a grift.

[eugenebmw]

Canada can’t meet goal of 100 per cent EV sales by 2035, automakers say. If you read to the end of article, a EV car owner even mention this “Even with my plug-in hybrid, last week I was in Toronto, I went to two different locations, all five chargers didn’t work”

I think I am too nice to my government. I should say my government do things are like one step forward and 15 steps backward.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canada-c...-say-1.2087091

[Car-Addicted]

[Car-Addicted]

Go ahead I dare you!

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Weather Man

Lithium battery utility scale fire. Battled fire 15 days. Remediation after 24 days still trying to come up with a plan. 500,000+ plus gallons of hazmat runoff. For 2 weeks that neighborhood lived in a toxic corridor!

Only solution is to spread out battery modules over a huge footprint to stop one module from igniting all the rest.

Crazy.

What a s#it show there so a good reason to play this again

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Go ahead I dare you!

I check it out with my dinghy first

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Go ahead I dare you!

Somewhere on GrandpaBook there is probably a pic of a guy smoking around a gas station pump.

[Car-Addicted]

Firefighters smashed a Tesla's window to rescue a toddler after the battery died, report says
Jun 20, 2024
She said the EV's battery died after she closed the door on her grandaughter and walked around the car to get in the front seat.
After arriving on the scene, the firefighters told Sanchez they often struggled to get inside locked Teslas. They eventually broke the car's window with an ax and rescued the child, the report said.
Numerous Tesla owners say they have been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power. There are several ways to open the doors when the car is completely flat, including if drivers are stuck outside, but many Tesla owners aren't aware of these safety features.
One key safety feature is a release lever on both the driver's and passenger's side doors that manually unlocks the doors.
In April, a TikToker said she got stuck in her Tesla for 40 minutes during a software update while parked in the sun. She said the temperature in the car soared to 115°F while the EV updated.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesl...ev-2024-6?op=1

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Firefighters smashed a Tesla's window to rescue a toddler after the battery died, report says
Jun 20, 2024
She said the EV's battery died after she closed the door on her grandaughter and walked around the car to get in the front seat.
After arriving on the scene, the firefighters told Sanchez they often struggled to get inside locked Teslas. They eventually broke the car's window with an ax and rescued the child, the report said.
Numerous Tesla owners say they have been trapped inside their EVs after they lost power. There are several ways to open the doors when the car is completely flat, including if drivers are stuck outside, but many Tesla owners aren't aware of these safety features.
One key safety feature is a release lever on both the driver's and passenger's side doors that manually unlocks the doors.
In April, a TikToker said she got stuck in her Tesla for 40 minutes during a software update while parked in the sun. She said the temperature in the car soared to 115°F while the EV updated.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesl...ev-2024-6?op=1

A 67 YO Brit, a doctor, who went for a trek on a Greek island in 40C (104F) temps but somehow missed his return route path and even with an extended sun umbrella suffered heat stroke and died yards from a bar before anyone noticed him.

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

A 67 YO Brit, a doctor, who went for a trek on a Greek island in 40C (104F) temps but somehow missed his return route path and even with an extended sun umbrella suffered heat stroke and died yards from a bar before anyone noticed him.

I heard he almost made it back to the bar when he was run over by a Tesla on full self driving.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by gblansten

I heard he almost made it back to the bar when he was run over by a Tesla on full self driving.

You're a sort of doctor yourself you said and well..could happen to anybody in a strange rocky area that goes on forever.

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

You're a sort of doctor yourself you said and well..could happen to anybody in a strange rocky area that goes on forever.

In all seriousness I read about this story a few weeks ago. My wife and I are fairly intrepid and travel frequently. Terrible situation and such a fluke. One of my mentor's took a tumble on a trail outside of Phoenix and almost died. This was on a routine trail. Really have to be careful.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Somewhere on GrandpaBook there is probably a pic of a guy smoking around a gas station pump.

Maybe standing in a puddle of water?

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by gblansten

I heard he almost made it back to the bar when he was run over by a Tesla on full self driving.

Yes you can't hear those darn EV's coming!

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by gblansten

In all seriousness I read about this story a few weeks ago. My wife and I are fairly intrepid and travel frequently. Terrible situation and such a fluke. One of my mentor's took a tumble on a trail outside of Phoenix and almost died. This was on a routine trail. Really have to be careful.

Maybe don't travel so often. An uncle in Australia arranged a camping trip and while taking a dip in a seemingly calm river a freak wave hit a friend of his who was a smoker and he died from cardiac arrest.

[gblansten]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Maybe don't travel so often. An uncle in Australia arranged a camping trip and while taking a dip in a seemingly calm river a freak wave hit a friend of his who was a smoker and he died from cardiac arrest.

Travel makes me happy. Just have to always be mindful.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Travel makes me happy. Just have to always be mindful.

There's a saying over here; There's no place like home.
Of course it helps if you have a nice home in the first place