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In response to "Bulking up the grid is arguably something everyone should have been doing *anyway*. -- nm" by Reagen

the US auto industry has been a 100-yr experiment in "do you want to drive something smaller and cost-effective or do you want to hit some dingers?!"

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Aug 11 '22, 13:34

yeah, we should have a grid that can handle 300 million Nissan Leafs all charging in the greenest way possible

what we have is 50 ERCOTs and 150 million Ford RockHard 450 EVs are going to all be supercharging to drive home for Thanksgiving

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I hope that the EV switch leads to a thousand flowers blooming - Reagen Aug 11, 14:11 1
- one would hope. devil's advocate in me still thinks US automakers (and Germany/Japan to lesser extent) just don't want to go EV except at gunpoint - hollywood big shot Aug 11, 14:24
You did not just take a shot at Ford, did you? -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:41 8
- Ford needs the piss taken out of them. Dodge, moreso. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 13:57 3
  - I read his post as everyone should drive a Leaf, and as a shot at the F-150 lightning. Which I might have misconstrued, because that is dumb -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 14:02 2
    - not that they should or shouldn't. just that whenever Detroit has had a choice, they've always gone for big and inefficient but pricier than competing - hollywood big shot Aug 11, 14:07 1
      - We need those trucks in flyover country. BTW, it is great to see you posting -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 14:08
- the same Ford that wanted to be Volkswagen before there was Volkswagen? -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 11, 13:52 3
  - Since Volkswagen started in the 30s, we are into history and I am not following you. If you explain yourself, I might even agree. I'm lost -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:53 2
    - Henry Ford, not a fan of the Jews -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 11, 13:56 1
      - Yeah, I heard that. I also heard that Henry Ford was dead. -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 14:00

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