You claimed "EV sales over the past year or so have slumped". Now you have backtracked to "7.4% this year so far" which is trivial.

Er....BOTH things can be true you know.

We are still pretty new into this year (less than 3 months)....so, 7.4% down is true so far.

The statement is also true it is down for the past year or so.

Maybe you didn't watch the videos that were from 2023 largely.....where it shows that the EV demand in the US was largely saturated, and EVs were piling up on dealers lots taking MUCH longer to sell than their ICE cousins which were selling at normal volumes and speeds.

That guy has no clue WTF he's saying, announcing or giving a speech about if it isn't on a teleprompter or big print, multi-page notes he's given.

You can readily see this any time he dares to go off script and potentially make "them" mad and get into trouble...

And well, it's an organic product too....cows are carbon based life units.

So, hell, you're checking two boxes right there.

And it isn't like anyone is forcing the vegans to buy a leather option that may be offered....

So...why again did they do away with the leather option?

EV sales over the past year or so have slumped

You're just making all that up.

No, not making it up.

CBS: EV sales down 7.4% this year so far. (although hybrid sales are up some).

And here, you can scan through it, is a CNBC "marathon" about EV sales down in the US.

(The first episode in that marathon is only about 17 min).

Just do a little YT search, and you'll see this is a common them from several news sources even the left would admit is reliable.

No normal EV owners I know have put any maintenance on their car beyond the first roadworthy (due here after 4 years for a new car).

I'm not familiar with the term "the first roadworthy"....what does this mean?

I disagree. I was just having a discussion with my dad about this yesterday. As much as the marketeers keep telling us they make SUVs because that's what people want to buy, every time I go to the grocery store, half the vehicles in the parking lot are cars. At least in the New England area, there are still tons of cars everywhere -- but they are all foreign brands.

This may indeed be a regional thing.

I live in the south, and when I go to the grocery store, the parking lot is filled with trucks and SUVs....cars by far are the minority.

I've never owned anything but 2-seater sports cars all my life....and trust me, my car quickly gets lost in a parking lot., especially if I try to park near the door of the store.

I tend to park further out in the lot so as not to be surrounded by trucks that might not see my car and plow into it (has happened before).

>> are pre-disposed to liking them

And you know this how? Maybe most people will think EV's make better financial sense, they like a quiet ride with instant acceleration, they are tired of gas stations. Any number of reasons.

Well, considering that EV sales over the past year or so have slumped....and EV inventories piling up on dealer lots tend to indicate that the EV market is saturated at this point.

The people that want them, have them...the rest of the US really isn't providing a demand for them....at least nowhere near what the current US federal administration was counting on....

The feds are pushing US car makers to ramp EV production and they're all finding that the current US demand is just not there

Is that your way of saying people in the US don't want to drive EVs?

Well, current sales figures seem to point to a conclusion that most of the people that actually WANT an EV, already have them, and the rest of the folks in the US really are not feeling compelled or want an EV....this is reflected in the drop in EV sales and EV inventory piling up on dealer lots over the past year.

Of course this may change, but to date, pretty much everyone that truly wants an EV has one, and the rest of us out here..."meh", not really that interested in an EV for a number of reasons.

Lol, why would they push their car to a charging station? Plug the thing in at home.

Not an option for a VERY large number of households in the US.

People in apartment complexes.

People in apartments in very urban areas (NYC for example).

People in houses with no off street parking.

People renting homes, with no permission from owner to re-wire and install chargers...that they would have to leave when they moved...etc.

Range anxiety is a real thing....and across the entirety of the US, the charging infrastructure is not there, not even close.

And no....not everyone has a single family dwelling that they own where they can install a home charger and "just plug it in every night".

There are many, many folks out there in large apartment complexes with large lots where no charging is available....and even people that have single family homes, etc....in areas with no off street parking, where do they charge?

So, there's some of the reasons that of late, in the US, EV sales have started tanking with inventory starting to pile up on the lots.

At this point, the people that want EVs in the US...have them, the rest of the folks (self included), just aren't interested in them.

Of course this may change....but this is the reality in the US currently.

The FairTax is a complete replacement for US Income taxes.

Would the FairTax replace all the other state, county, city/municipal taxes too, or would it be added on top of all the other taxes too?

The USA is being torn apart between those with employable skills and those who jobs have been automated or exported to third world countries. Soon there will be a lot more more unemployed Americans because robots are getting cheaper than workers. Democracy is under threat already. When most of the population is unemployed democracy will be impossible.

And yet....we continue to let masses of people flood across our border, almost all of which is unskilled labor at its best potential, so therefore, a burden to our social safety net dollars, since they won't be able to get jobs.

This is getting so bad, I almost think there HAS to be some sort of nefarious thinking and planning behind all that is going on with this US govt. administration.

Abuse, human trafficking, underage 'actors', exposed credentials for users, potential leaks of credit card info, leaks of download history ...

These are "systemic risks"?

I mean, over half of what you mentioned is something ALL pay websites are at risk for....are all websites having to report these types of "systemic risks"?

I'm not implying that they care more about the individual person than GB does, if that is what you mean, but the CCP has a more equitable distribution of salary and benefits than GB does. Really, the world is not the one of 1990 anymore and we have to get up to date with the increasing authoritarianism of the West and the economic improvements in Asia.

Oh seriously...FUCK THAT...

I'll take the west ANY day over the east (china), even with its problems....as that no where do I know in the west that the average citizen if they speak out against the govt...will quickly be arrested and then their family will be charged for the fucking bullet the govt uses to execute them.

Don't even speak of the west and authoritarianism like china in the same breath.

You have to be a Chinese shill to spout off bullshit like that.

Good indication of performance is amount of people who want to immigrate into your country for economical reasons. China is nowhere near as good by this standard. I find it very funny how racist nazzy homophobic claustrophobic hydrophobic countries have people standing on their borders. Supposedly hated ones.

Standing??

They're physically assaulting and pushing past armed US national guard to get in here!!!