• @TropicalDingdong
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    261 month ago

    He’s going to lose the company if he can’t deliver this election for Trump.

    Saudis didn’t buy it for nothing.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 month ago

      Either that or he’ll end up losing his government contracts, imagine if we gave those subsidies to companies to convert old cars to electric rather than tesla. I can garuntee you as well most of said old cars would be better made.

      • @ripcord
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        21 month ago

        convert old cars to electric

        Is this a thing that people are doing…? In any kind of bulk?

        • @RememberTheApollo_
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          No. Just hobbyists and a few specialty shops doing one-off conversions. It’s very difficult to convert a ICE car to electric with any meaningful efficiency. You can absolutely buy a kit to do it, but that’s going to be pricey, require significant mechanical knowledge, and won’t have the efficiency or range of a purpose-built EV.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          Theres a couple scattered companies but its still expensive on a raw manpower and time level. Still better to use what we have IMO than make something new, you should only abandon things like cars when the frame itself breaks.

          • @ripcord
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            11 month ago

            This doesn’t sound realistic at all at the moment. It’s not even remotely simple (or cost-effective) to convert the vast majority of existing cars to electric.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 month ago

              No but it should still be an option. Also kits could simplify it down, especially if you use as much of the original parts as possible. For example using the drive train.