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[–] 37 points 4 months ago (6 children)

We'll be back to where we were in 2008. The economy will hit the dumpster and we'll have to bail out these assholes who only make pavement princess pickups.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    That's what they make because that is what sells. Pickups and SUVs are also very profitable because they are sold at huge mark ups. They are relatively simple designs that are comparatively cheap to manufacture. I'd completely understand their position on this if it weren't for one thing... the future. They should be working to develop huge electric trucks for the US market. The big mark ups won't be there anymore, but it's better than going bankrupt. Americans will be driving Rivians I guess.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The one Rivian I sat in had a distinct “America made” feel with large gap tolerances and somewhat rattly and cheap feeling.

    I also hate the giant screens with literally no buttons anywhere.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Pickups and SUVs are also very profitable because they are sold at huge mark ups.

    Tesla had the highest profit margins in the industry.

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  • [–] 36 points 4 months ago

    Yep. Trump and his gang of traitors destroyed my job in electric vehicles. It’s time to make maga obsolete

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  • [–] 24 points 4 months ago

    Do not under any conditions bail these pieces of shit out when they fail.

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    It really bothers me, considering fossil fuels are a finite resource. It doesn't take a scientist to know that electric vehicles/solar are a smarter long term decisions for availability and environmental reasons.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, but solar power has the potential to free us. The resource extraction for oil and gas is beside the point. The slavery they impose on everyone around them is the real product they sell.

    Every oil executive is a 1000 times worse than any Epstein co-conspirator, I can assure you.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago

    Detroit did this in the 1970s. Chrysler refused to stop selling massive cars during the gas crisis and they went bankrupt. We always bail them out.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    The tariffs are the last thing protecting them. Ford retiring the lightning was their biggest mistake. If they think they're going to stop Americans from moving forward to better solutions and more efficient EVs, they're wrong. US automakers will not hold us back.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    So fucking stupid. They will ask for a bailout again, 100%. And the orange turd will give it

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    [–] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Almost definitely given all they make are 12ft tall gas guzzling impractical trucks that cant even fit standard 4x8 plywood in the back.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    God (expletive), I hope so. Then we might finally be allowed to buy cheaper small cars.

    Who am I kidding though, they'll just ban all foreign cars and the only available option in the "land of the free" will be lifted Ford F250-child killer editions.

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