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I just read an article in Popularmechanics.com that states a Chinese auto maker has developed an EV battery that will run for 800 miles on one charge. That will give the EV market a shot in the arm if it is true. (y)
 
Thanks Paul. If I could find an 800mi (or even 500!) EV, I'd have bought one already. Now that the EV subsidies are toast, there's no way I could afford one.

TM
 
WSJ recently had an article: I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don’t Want to Buy American Cars Anymore. https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-t...i-su7-c3e59282?mod=Searchresults&pos=1&page=1

Paywalled link, but in essence the author loves the 500-mile range Xiamoi. Ford CEO Chris Farley is quoted heaping praise as well: "There’s no real competition from Tesla, GM or Ford with what we’ve seen from China." Even Farley, after driving a Xiaomi SU7, said he didn’t want to part with it."

The merits of electric vehicles are debatable. However, should the market grow, the US auto industry may repeat lessons from the 1970's oil crisis.
 
Anything I have read says that their technology is miles ahead. Including MG. We saw quite a few in England last fall.
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We also saw them in the UK as well as in SA…lots of them. I thought they were good looking cars. We would have to squint really hard in the rear view mirror to see them here ;)
 
Popeye said:
Paywalled link, but in essence the author loves the 500-mile range Xiamoi. Ford CEO Chris Farley is quoted heaping praise as well: "There’s no real competition from Tesla, GM or Ford with what we’ve seen from China." Even Farley, after driving a Xiaomi SU7, said he didn’t want to part with it."

The merits of electric vehicles are debatable. However, should the market grow, the US auto industry may repeat lessons from the 1970's oil crisis.
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I have been driving a Chinese electric car for the last 2 years.. BYD ATTO3 Detroit should be TERRIFIED...

They are not making some of the mistakes like the Koreans of exporting cheap "budget" cars based on old models from other manufacturers, they are shipping cars good looking cars with quality materials, certainly not a "budget" feel.
I suspect that whenever they decide they are ready... they will build an assembly plant in the US to get around import restriction and it will make the beating US auto industry got in the 70s look like a walk in the park.
 
The loss of our respect in the world, the loss of our economic and humanitarian influence in the world, the replacement of our traditional "let's work this out peacefully" with "we'll just move in and take over", is causing youth to lose faith in our systems, as well as world leaders asking "What on earth has happened to the US?".

Very sad to see this happening. The things my parents gave their lives for, are being allowed to disintegrate into rival factions yelling at each other. And we buy more toys - made in China - to have more fun.

When I point this out to young people I work with, I'm met with "Who cares? Just let me have fun, make money by being a YouTube Influencer, and watch my Tiktok videos."

If we'd stop staring at our screens, swiping from one funny video to another funny video, so we can post them one after another, instead of actually talking with each other, we could fix this.

Tom M.
 
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NutmegCT said:
Very sad to see this happening. The things my parents gave their lives for, are being allowed to disintegrate into rival factions yelling at each other. And we buy more toys - made in China - to have more fun.

When I point this out to young people I work with, I'm met with "Who cares? Just let me have fun, make money by being a YouTube Influencer, and watch my Tiktok videos."

If we'd stop staring at our screens, swiping from one funny video to another funny video, so we can post them one after another, instead of actually talking with each other, we could fix this.

Tom M.
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I hope this thread doesn't go sideways but I also want to say we have got to stop slagging young people all the time. The world they are inheriting/ have inherited is truly horrible. They are the first generation to be worse off financially than their parents - and we helped create that.

and a little PS. We get a steady number of young people joining this forum. Not a lot but steady. Yet by my reckoning Walter or Drew are the youngest members to post regularly (and they ain't young!). One explanation could be that they cruise the site and find so many 'young people and their phones' posts or variations and don't hang around. Just a thought.

Off my soapbox now.
 
NutmegCT said:
The loss of our respect in the world, the loss of our economic and humanitarian influence in the world, the replacement of our traditional "let's work this out peacefully" with "we'll just move in and take over", is causing youth to lose faith in our systems, as well as world leaders asking "What on earth has happened to the US?".

Very sad to see this happening. The things my parents gave their lives for, are being allowed to disintegrate into rival factions yelling at each other. And we buy more toys - made in China - to have more fun.

When I point this out to young people I work with, I'm met with "Who cares? Just let me have fun, make money by being a YouTube Influencer, and watch my Tiktok videos."

If we'd stop staring at our screens, swiping from one funny video to another funny video, so we can post them one after another, instead of actually talking with each other, we could fix this.

Tom M.
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I don't think that it's just the youth that is losing faith in our systems.
 
JPSmit said:
I hope this thread doesn't go sideways but I also want to say we have got to stop slagging young people all the time. The world they are inheriting/ have inherited is truly horrible. They are the first generation to be worse off financially than their parents - and we helped create that.

and a little PS. We get a steady number of young people joining this forum. Not a lot but steady. Yet by my reckoning Walter or Drew are the youngest members to post regularly (and they ain't young!). One explanation could be that they cruise the site and find so many 'young people and their phones' posts or variations and don't hang around. Just a thought.

Off my soapbox now.
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Hey! I was young when I joined this forum nearly twenty-four years ago. Geez, that makes me feel old.

But, I agree with your sentiment. Many kids are addicted to their cell phones, but so are plenty of people I know in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. I work with kids and young adults daily, and they aren't any different than any other generation; there are those who are hard working, conscientious, and enjoyable to be around, and there are those who are slothful, ignorant, and not enjoyable to be around. Our culture has been irrevocably transformed by technology, but that is not new. The entirety of the 20th century can be summed up in a list of technological advancements. These advancements have brought both good and bad changes with them and as the technology advances we need to change with it. We are all engaged in conversation on the internet, something that 35 years ago seemed beyond the grasp of the average person, but here we are. I don't like tik tok, so I don't have it. I have friends who use it, and I am not going to judge them for it. I also know some people on this very forum who have heated seats and steering wheels in their cars, and I won't judge those people. To me each of those things are trivialities that I do not need. I don't think that I am somehow morally superior because I do not partake in those particular trivialities, because I know I have my own pursuits that many consider trivial.
 
Last night I woke up ion a cold sweat.I had a dream where I thought
that I'd missed a text message on my Smart Phone!
Then I remembered that I don't even own a Smart Phone.
 
Every generation has looked back at the prior generation and found fault with the earlier values and lifestyles. If we are honest with ourselves we can see that we all did the same thing. Yes, I am amazed at the impact that phone addiction is having on society and basic human behavior. When I am sitting in a restaurant and I see people at other tables staring at their phones instead of interacting with the people sitting around them, I find their behavior depressing. Then I tell myself that what they are doing is their business and not mine. We can all look back and see things that we want to warn young people about. The truth is they are building their own world and setting their own standards of behavior. I spent 40 years working as a professor at a large university and I got to witness many changes in human behavior. To me it was obvious that the younger generations are moving away from human face to face interaction toward electronic interaction. They are losing the ability to read body language and react to others face to face. At the same time, they are mastering the art of social media and the operation of electronic devices. While those thing do not interest me, I am the one on the way out and they are the future. History has proven that we of the older generations are not going to change the world of social behavior. That task goes to those on their way up and they will live with their decisions both good and bad. For this forum, I suggest that we all remember the great philosopher Rodney King when he gave us his guidance. Can't we all just get along.
 
Agree with you on that! But I have to keep in mind, "mastering the art of social media" is one thing, but "social media mastering the art of re-shaping human minds and morals" is another.

Thanks!
Tom M.
 
NutmegCT said:
Agree with you on that! But I have to keep in mind, "mastering the art of social media" is one thing, but "social media mastering the art of re-shaping human minds and morals" is another.

Thanks!
Tom M.
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And, 100 years ago the older generation were bemoaning the dangers of jazz reshaping their culture. Culture is an ever evolving thing, and as we age we get farther and farther from the new cultural norms. We just need to remember that.
 
... and, "'Twas ever thus"...
 
Yep, for all those who bemoan the fact that things aren't like they used to all across society and the world, the old folks when we were kids thought the same thing about what was different as did their grandparents and theirs and so on. Couple hundred years from now they'll look back on us like we do the founding fathers time when they had no electricity or computers pr planes and such. How did they manage to survive??.....
 
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