R.I.P. Scout26
I don't expect it will be too many years before gas vehicles are banned in the entire country.
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/08/26/ho-lee-chit-electric-vehicles-that-supposedly-save-americans-lots-of-money-have-one-very-very-very-expensive-problem-screenshot/https://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/10/chevy-volt-battery-replacement-cost-34000/
The trend towards farm consolidation will continue. The haves will afford new tractors. The have nots will move to town for factory work. So much out here in ag hinges on the 30 year old truck that gets used everyday just on the farm, or maybe sits all year until the one time it is needed. Batteries not so good at that. I guess being able to fix anything will be handy.
"In 2021, Governor Northam and the far-left controlled General Assembly signed a law that binds Virginia to California's emission vehicle regulations, which, among other thingsboggles , bans the sale of gas-powered cars in Virginia by 2035," a spokesperson for Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares' office said in a statement to Fox 5 DC.
If California doesn't figure out their water shortage issues it isn't going to matter much anyway.
I think you mean if Caili doesn't get the rest of the country to pay to fix their water shortage issues
We called up Keyes Chevrolet in Los Angeles and were quoted a broad price range of between $3,400 and $34,000 to replace a "drive motor replacement battery" in a 2012 Volt. Tellingly, perhaps, the dealer we spoke with was not sure what replacing a 'drive motor replacement battery' (and the 'Grade B' version, at that) entails, and told us we'd have to bring a Volt in to see what's wrong with the pack to get a real estimate. We got the same confusion and numbers to replace the battery from Berger Chevrolet in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We asked GM to clarify what this $34,000 charge includes, but that information was not forthcoming.
The trend towards farm consolidation will continue.
And they would neeeever change their mind and ban them after the fact *coughsks*
They will need to close the used car "loophole".
Cash for clunkers went a long way to doing that (it added a zero to the cost of used cars.)
That effect was worked out of the used car market after several years. We waited until 2014 to buy our minivan (2008 Sienna) specifically because we were waiting for prices to return to sanity after Cash for Clunkers. Used car prices were mostly reasonable until the supply chain disruption from the Covid shutdowns.
I don't see how that can be claimed; used car prices never came back down, then the covid nonsense added a second zero to their price. I sold a 2019 Honda CRV for more than the note was worth. Bought in 2019 new, had to part with it a year later for reasons and it had appreciated in value. Bonkers.
By 2035, Bill Gates will own all the farms.
Oregon just announced today. So as of 2035, no new ICE cars can be sold on the West Coast: California, Oregon, and Washington.