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By the numbers in IL only 8 of the stranded drivers were EVs needing a charge station, the thousands were including broken down gas vehicles and those minorly inconvenienced. Also as a note only ~6000 BEVs are in Wisconsin and most of the Midwest is similar, if it were thousands it would require...

Its not just CA It’s probably sitting in a lot somewhere like 10’s of thousands of other trucks https://www.wxyz.com/news/ford-f-150s-are-sitting-on-lots-across-metro-detroit-whats-the-issue

It’s unfortunate .gov wants a duplicate $300 million large from ford if they offer 2 XMSN options, I’m actually amazed ford is able to offer both hybrid and turbo considering the certification costs, I can only imagine it’s because of the Escape that the dollars work out on government costs

BYD Already sells $10000-$14,000 EVs in Australia and Europe. so a Tesla like $25,000 Model 2 EV is possible, afterall, it used to be claimed that a body on frame pickup was the cheapest to build and least expensive vehicle you could buy. My father used to own trucks because they were a lot...

If the price has gone up that much on e10 since I last filled I will just buy 88 octane which is still $2.79

I’ve found anything that is hybrid or plug in gets luxury charges for insurance and registration, downright criminal what they charge. only way to fight high insurance charges is to ban mandatory insurance. Not long ago When insurance was optional in this state it cost a third what it does...

I only use 88e15, it’s 30 cents a gallon cheaper and I’ve found that I actually get lower knock counts on it then on 89e0 Some people even run 90e20 if you have a pump with cheap e85 or a blender pump you can blend your own octane, saves tons of money and no notable loss in fuel economy on e15...

Not some most. over 80% of EVs in the country pay more gas taxes than an equivalent gas vehicle because of high fixed registration fees. Its not 2013 anymore

the last gen Prius Prime vrs Gen 4 were virtually the same price, add in the tax credit and the prime was actually less.

Agreed, the new auto market is collapsing and the wealthy are shopping downmarket into the $40000 and below area. The EVs sitting on the lot are all expensive, just as Fords F150 sales are stagnant. Who could have ever foreseen that few people want to buy overpriced vehicles? A Maverick PHEV...

Given wholesale values continue to plummet due to wealthier individuals buying down market, and an overall contraction in the new car market my guess is they wouldn’t like selling $100,000 trucks for an amount consumers want to spend (Maverick money) The narrative is that nobody wants...

but only on the Maverick, overpriced Ford vehicles keep packing the lots like Ram

If they didn’t need to recrash test the rig it could be done for a couple hundred thousand. .gov likes to grab about $15 million if they consider whatever it is you made as a different platform. Honestly the best thing we could ever do as a country is ban the Regan era gray market and platform...

I would already own a Maverick if it was a PHEV but as a Bev infrastructure is too limited in this region

Definitely has happened, just not the Maverick https://jalopnik.com/2024-ford-ranger-single-cab-a-glorious-return-to-form-1851226278?utm_campaign=Jalopnik&utm_content=1707184800&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=facebook

The Maverick is one of the only vehicles Ford has that people want. All other models days to sale have been growing dramatically the last -5 months. as I have mentioned before wholesale values are collapsing and have been dropping for a year especially on new. Give it time and the retail...

Sounds similar to most areas. per the numbers there are far more ecos in inventory than hybrid. I’ve never seen a hybrid in person, all the locals have ecobust

More likely that everyone wanted a $21500 hybrid and died waiting for delivery. As I have stated elsewhere wholesale values dropped 5% in a single week , before that were small drops in wholesale for at least the last 6 months. The new vehicle market is shrinking and the used market is moving...

If you say so, $1.00 x 0.95 x 0.95 x 0.95 x 0.95 x 0.95 x 0.95 x 0.95 x 0.95 = $0.664 (33.6%) Just because wholesale prices dropped 5% in the last week has no bearing on next week and doesn’t immediately affect retail. The trend has been downward in the wholesale market, the strikes are over...

Wholesale isn’t retail, grab the numbers wholesale prices have been dropping for a couple months already, the pace is just accelerating.