The (near) Future is Not Electric

If I'm still kicking when they outlaw gas cars I'll just put dual elec.motors in my fox and rock on.

I will hold out till the end
I will switch to alky and grow corn
For now
I would like a new Tesla Modes S Plaid though

I was thinking that this is the perfect opportunity to build an AWD fox... just in an electric platform.

If only the cost of components was not so high.

Personally, I would love a hybrid Mustang that makes 450-500 HP and gets 40-50 mpg but can also be driven for some distance on battery alone.

I haven’t driven a Mach-E yet but I’m interested in checking one out at some point. I liked the ones I’ve seen in person so far.

I wish the Mach-E was an actual mustang. I think that would have been awesome.

Olivethefet said:

I wish the Mach-E was an actual mustang. I think that would have been awesome.

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People would complain about that too (and will, when we eventually get Hybrid and electric Mustang coupes).

I think Ford had to do something transitionary that was both a hit with the masses and didn’t make the Mustang faithful revolt. Crossovers are what people are buying now. With an electric Mustang themed crossover, Ford will sell vehicles, secure new fans of the brand/sub-brand, probably convert some skeptics, and pave the way for more electric Mustang variations.

manicmechanic007 said:

I will hold out till the end
I will switch to alky and grow corn
For now
I would like a new Tesla Modes S Plaid though

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Have you seen it on this vs that, hoonigan channel? Stupid fast.

it’s a chicken before the egg thing. just like the adoption of dvd’s over vhs video tapes in the rental stores back in the day.
Originally a DVD player was a $500-$1000 thing. The Blockbusters of the world couldn’t justify the investment of rentable DVD titles because of the disc cost versus the tape cost either. As soon as the price of the players started to drop into the $250 range, and DVD titles started becoming available to purchase for $19-$14.95, things changed… DVD’s started to become much more rentable. Prices on the machines fell even more….to $199-$179-$149.00 eventually bottoming at 99.00. Then the things were everywhere, and conversely boxes of VHS tapes became the stuff you’d find at a garage sale.

Electric cars, good or bad are coming. And as soon as the infrastructure is out there to charge the batteries ( the blockbuster factor) the adoption of that form of propulsion will take off. What has to be done to reinforce the supply of electricity to charge the cars, and how they intend to deal with the recycling of the spent batteries is another conversation, but they’re coming.

The only guy(s) talking about how “ they’ll have to pry my ICE from my cold dead hands” are the ones that have never experienced a Tesla in Ludicrous mode. No endorsement meant for Tesla given here, as any electric vehicle is potentially capable of this, but that is an experience that can only be compared to an 8 second drag car launch on sticky assed drag slicks.
Only the Tesla does it on street tires.

And as soon as it becomes a viable conversion option for the 2j that’s in the Monster, that gasoline engine will be gone too.