JohnDe
La dolce vita
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No I have no recollection of the Holden Starfire engine. When did that appear, 1940's ?
The starfire was a 173 holden 6 with two cylinders chopped off, came out in the Sunbird Torana and VC Commodore, really was an underpowered, fuel hungry POS. Not very popular in its day. It was introduced to compete with the imported Japanese 4 cylinders, but it didn't.
In a lot of ways city folk subsidise the regional areas, for example all the loss making mobile phone towers and power lines.This is a huge problem, as usual everyone that lives in highly populated areas get terrific infrastructure, because there is enough usage to pay its way, therefore they just want a subsidy to buy the car.
Meanwhile those who live remotely have to bear the cost of the subsidy, yet get very little to no benefit from it.
It is the same with mobile phone services and internet, those in major populated areas want taxpayers to put in fibre to the house for bling speed, those taxpayers in remote areas just want a service. Both groups pay taxes, only one group is getting value for their taxes paid.
Australia has become a nation of very self centred, selfish people IMO.
Mobile black spots and poor internet coverage are plaguing regional Victoria and hampering economic development as more people attempt to work from home and conduct business online.Mobile black spots and poor internet holding back regions, report warns
The report from Infrastructure Australia shows poor mobile and broadband coverage persists across regional Victoria and the pandemic has further exposed the shortfalls.www.theage.com.au
The latest report from Infrastructure Australia shows poor mobile and broadband coverage persists across the regions and the pandemic has further exposed the shortfalls.
My Son and his family applied for the NBN to supply a service in December, to their rural block, they have been paying for it, but are still yet to receive it. 200 klm south of Perth and can't get a tech to go there.
That is very true and why I keep saying the Government needs to put this infrastructure in, the private sector wont because there is no return on capital.In a lot of ways city folk subsidise the regional areas, for example all the loss making mobile phone towers and power lines.
Maybe I will agree with a subsidy to install infrastructure in regional areas to help kick start it, but we don’t need subsidy for petrol stations, so eventually it should be self funding.That is very true and why I keep saying the Government needs to put this infrastructure in, the private sector wont because there is no return on capital.
I don't how many ways I can say the same thing, a subsidy is a subsidy, whether it is for a person to buy an EV or for an EV charge point put in an area that services a low population density area, we just seem to disagree on where we think the subsidy should be.
The politicians will give the subsidy to those that have the most voting power, that's why they are subsidising the EV's, I personally would rather see more infrastructure spending, but again everyone is different.
A lot of Australia's wealth is derived from the regions, but the wealthy who live in the cities get the main advantage from it, giving subsidies for E.V's is just another example of pandering to City elites.
Many of the City elites derive their income and wealth, from businesses that operate in remote areas, if people weren't prepared to live and work in those areas the companies wouldn't be able to function.
Putting in infrastructure, so that rural people can enjoy some of the benefits those that are fortunate enough to live in cities enjoy, to me isn't too much to ask.
Long term I agree it can stand on its own two feet.Maybe I will agree with a subsidy to install infrastructure in regional areas to help kick start it, but we don’t need subsidy for petrol stations, so eventually it should be self funding.
A few years ago Jaguar's I-Pace won World car of the Year.A BMW, RR, Audi, Jaguar or any other car don't have the wow factor , they had 30 years ago, cars are going the way of the mobile phone the one that does the job the best and has the best battery life wins the day IMO. That is why there are only two major players, in the phone space, Apple and Samsung.
As more and more people see these numbers and compare them to spending around $100 at the moment to fill up the average sedan for a 500km trip, they will think twice about buying another gas guzzler.
I asked the friend who turned up in a tesla this morning, how long ago did he order it, two months. I thought that was pretty good, ordering the Kona through W.A's biggest dealer, they said about 4 to 5 months, to delivery.As more and more people see these numbers and compare them to spending around $100 at the moment to fill up the average sedan for a 500km trip, they will think twice about buying another gas guzzler.
2022 is looking like the straw that broke back of ICEV preference as new model NEV order books continue to be oversubscribed and delivery dates run into 2023. For fun I just tried to buy a Tesla online and discovered you could not get a firm price or delivery date. That's unreal for a company conservatively building over 2.5M units this calendar year.
“The demand [for EVs] is not the issue. This transition into EVs will take probably two product lifecycles, and we are just starting.”
Herbert Diess, CEO, Volkswagen AG
“It's [driverless cars] a multitrillion-dollar market...In the United States, there's 3 trillion passenger miles each year, and regardless of whether you look at Uber's S1 or AAA stats, the costs of car ownership per mile is between, call it, $0.60 to $0.80, and so you can do the math there. It gets big pretty quickly."
Kyle Vogt, CEO, Cruise LLC [self-driving car company]
“Less and less [sic] people can afford vehicles. Electrification is going to make it worse, actually. So, to me, the true disruption of Henry Ford's model of a Model T where anyone can own a Ford, even our factory workers, is really shared mobility, where people stop owning vehicles and they start renting rides.”
James Farley, CEO, Ford Motor Company
That is spot on Dona, in Cities with good public transport, the move away from cars completely will be accelerating.from Naos' weekly "CEO insights"
My Dad ordered a model 3, and had it in 2 weeks, that was over a year ago though, before all the supply issues, and it was just a stock standard white one, I think they had a few unallocated ones on a shipment.I asked the friend who turned up in a tesla this morning, how long ago did he order it, two months. I thought that was pretty good, ordering the Kona through W.A's biggest dealer, they said about 4 to 5 months, to delivery.
Plenty of Ev’s for less than $125k on the market.Jim Farley is spot on.
If the Model T democratized vehicle ownership for the masses, then its possible electrification will have an opposite effect. The outcomes are only vaguely appreciated or understood.
Perhaps only when the gigafactories acheive scale can any of these vehicles be within reach of the average worker. In the meantime only the wealthy swap out their Nissan Patrol for a Mercedes EQS, $125k anyone? (I'm guessing here... but i saw one the other day).
I can't visualise myself spending that much money on any car
Plenty of Ev’s for less than $125k on the market.
Feel the opposite about EV’s, being able to make your own fuel (solar power) and not be as tied to the energy giants certainly make we feel pretty free.
When looking at the price of EV’s keep in mind that the sticker price (purchase price) os only part of the cost you pay for owning a car.
EV’s have significantly lower life time costs than petrol cars when you factor in Fuel and Maintenance costs.
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