Recent content by Gale Hawkins

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    Cataracts and other visual concerns!

    Right eye surgery is to be some time May 7 determined on May 6th. Hoping for 20/20 again but at least 20/40 then tweak with glasses.
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    I think EVs being 50 to 75% of the market by 2040 as he mentioned is realistic. He makes strong points why the EVS will replace ICE in time.
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    https://www.motortrend.com/news/2025-toyota-camry-hybrid-epa-fuel-economy-mpg/ Toyota drops the ICE only Camry for 2025 as they slow down on EV only transition as they keep talking about their 1000 mile EV solid state battery development.
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    New fuel in the United States: $85 million investment and the end of diesel - ECONews Wow another End of Diesel solution?
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Ferrari patents hydrogen-powered engine The article explains the difference between clean hydrogen and dirty hydrogen.
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Fuel mix up reported at Burwell Pump and Pantry I guess that was not a cheap mistake, but thankfully EV owners that charge at home were OK.
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    I guess that could make up the $12,000 shortfall from investing in Ford instead of Tesla. 🙂
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Here’s How Much a $1,000 Investment in Ford Stock 10 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today That is $12,000 less than if the $1,000 had been invested in Tesla 10 years ago.
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Liebherr electric excavator reaches million ton milestone, scores more orders The move to electric cars from ICE is migrating to heavy equipment apparently. . Of course this does not come as a surprise to EV owners that enjoy the lower cost of EV ownership and higher level of functionality.
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    That must to have been one hail of an experience. 🙂 I remember when I was in Abilene Texas somebody had been dropping off at a dealership I think to pick up a new car company car and the guy wound up calling his boss and said he needs somebody to come get him. He said what happened. He said new...
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Every year there are more EVs being sold and each EV sold typically is one less ICE sold. In your previous post you showed how Tesla has sold a few million EVS so that's a few millions ICE that have been hit in the head with a 10 lb sledgehammer. Why do you struggle with the math so? As ICE...
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Nice! I am currently parked by a 2023 Prime. It's owned by a physical therapist or more correctly his wife he said they really enjoyed it but he did bust a tire on the interstate and but he's come up with a spare tire and rim now.
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    Thankfully you @txdon and @DarkBlack are in agreement that the ICE death spiral has been underway for years now and continually gets larger and larger each passing year based on the source you provided above. I think the two of you were the last posting here to acknowledge the ICE death spiral...
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    A repeating news event that always using FSD could help prevent. We all could be one mini stroke away from making that first wrong turn. Hopefully when true end to end FSD is available people using it can avoid becoming a sad news story...
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    Battery based vehicles of today and tomorrow pt 2

    I'm just start trying to use this feature a bit everyday. So far has done less than $4,000 in body damage. 🙂 🙂
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