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Burning Gas Pollutes So Much, Dirty EV Battery Manufacturing Evens Out In About 2 Years (www.jalopnik.com)
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[–] 7 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

I’d rather spend $100k converting an old ICE car to electric than give the auto industry another dime. The surveillance crap is literally a life or death decision for me. I have a 20y/o ice car I’ll likely have to convert, so no one try your dumb “new car math” with me.

If any fuckers want to make what I’m doing illegal, people will die.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Yes THERE is the issue that everyone seems to forget about new cars. I have a project car that I'm thinking will become an EV when it needs an engine because it will be so much easier to deal with. And it won't call home to the feds every day.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Old muscle cars converted to EV I think are so cool. There was a show that converted an old K10 truck and hid the batteries in the bed tool box.
    A 80s station wagon, a Country Squire, or 70s luxury cruiser like a Cadillac or Lincoln would be awesome.

    EVs, or just newer cars in general, are just so boring and cramped. Not to mention all the connection and surveillance concerns.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Boring, cramped, and almost impossible to see out of.

    I think Ford straight-up sells an electric motor swap that will fit right in their older cars.

    I have a weird little 4x4 that would be amazing if it were electric. I wouldn't have to worry about getting in a situation where the engine is tilted too much and it's simultaneously starving for fuel and oil.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I'd also like to know why Harley acted so ashamed of the Livewire. Probably one of the coolest things they've done up to the Pan America.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    WARNING: PUI

    I rode a Livewire on a demo day, and it was amazing. I'd never operated an electric vehicle other than a forklift before I rode that bike, I was ready for the lack of clutch but I wasn't ready for how fast it jumped when I first hit the "gas".

    But then I saw the price tag. $15,000 would have been a bit too much, but it's a Harley. $10,000 I would have bought it. But they wanted $30,000 for it. That's CVO money for a short commuter or bar hopper.

    The pan-am is a cool bike for sure, I sat on one the day I bought my Nightster and it was ~8k more, but I really considered the financial gymnastics because I would have loved it. I tried a sportster S, which has a de-tuned version of the pan-am engine. It was really quick but the seating position wasn't for me. The Nightster has mid controls and is very lightweight. It's a lot easier to ride long distances, but the Pan Am would probably be more comfortable.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    If any fuckers want to make what I’m doing illegal, people will die.

    All the shit going on in the USA just now and this is what drives you to murder?

    (I assumed you're American because of the culturally dominant idea that it's ok to shoot people if it grants you a bit more personal liberty.)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Nah, I meant the state says they are going to find and kill all of us that ever said anything bad about trump. His signature is on the strategy document already. Correct assumption though, and I’m not able to leave the dying empire yet so I might die here.

    Anyone’s car near any protests turn the owners into suspected domestic terrorists, for example. Remote shutdown so they can box your car in and kidnap you. It listens in on your conversations and AI/LLMs have made data analysis super easy. Nationwide Flock cameras are enough to be targeted anyway, so I don’t need my car shutting off in an emergency and snitching on me to the traitors with guns. More people will die if EV conversions or old cars are made illegal.

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