A Tale of Two EV Companies Now Bankrupt

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Biden Said EV Maker Proterra Was 'Getting Us in the Game.' It Just Declared Bankruptcy.

President Joe Biden promoted the company. Its top executive landed a spot on a White House board. And Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm held hundreds of thousands of shares in it.

freebeacon.com

Electric truck maker lauded by Trump as saving Ohio town files for bankruptcy

Lordstown Motors puts itself up for sale after unresolved dispute over promised investment from Taiwan company

www.theguardian.com

One touted by Trump the other touted by Biden. Government needs to get completely out of the business of pimping for these things.

EV's suck & while maybe great for the drive 20-40 miles per day in the city, they are impractical, too expensive & worse for the environment that internal combustion engines.

 

[JimmyBob]

EV's suck & while maybe great for the drive 20-40 miles per day in the city, they are impractical,

FVCK EV's!!! Porsche 944, no ethanol; suck it environfruitloops!

 

[wyomingosualum]

 

[LAY THE WOODY]

I could bring down the Eiffel tower with my 5.9l magnum.

 

[trapped_in_tx]

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Exactly.

Nothing currently comes even close to rivaling fossil fuels in the combination of energy density, portability, and safe handling without very complex systems.

This is why people who think ICE engines need to be banned at some near point in the future are complete morons.

 

[2012Bearcat]

Exactly.

Nothing currently comes even close to rivaling fossil fuels in the combination of energy density, portability, and safe handling without very complex systems.

This is why people who think ICE engines need to be banned at some near point in the future are complete morons.

To be fair there a numerous other reasons to think the same people that think ICE engines need to be banned are morons.