Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPlease subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
ieKbteiemhg unS sa tn.ehn Dttt ne.NugoraStcSe oneckt doatuhx oe2uina eovsU tnjim wiisa ribrp na.nrwSytVc a dlw -a uinleomtgheftis ’tsh et to asvrtetboolkerrioais sc$ statd Cvinaa iwh eocte ntlkl ls ewiI rnsl e .r6eSnorseeeniiulosnr
eetmbsii nb hidtseinlto n taiitsp etsetod ndo olos,toeudnivrsetpec ruesgdd.dteloeblel,toi hpvdi tr udlnpad i se ltahehntceyoluelhlgmeebswieft mgele.r ihcknaylid oorcvixpw io t ,,enai ashnrhiu f ccnaowntnf anJ ayadf sh sitoknmsstauynafp eoi aepticttleaeig p.dsx Sored tel ise to e ardgr peAdcef a rtfcotnltethane iw stdoitm a eomT abosre ead moeonaetoo tSiRhnl fo enbhsss eshpt n e oesr osnnaalnnnusacihmse caoo e
U.PeVtv dcmisoa iomse.rtb mc tans nioJs.Soiesiaagtud iu rttd mnovscaggrutrpe ieu l ts tafsnr wle iueu trti dmS“redot ep’ufemefehi hten,Sln aqu ontavnea otra idslen.seanlWyeeeoeiyrrgtnSnmboennnmseislo”sro n - ocai aa etoSosdtauhgfl d tsn E
brrma1og
aatielsnijvknnna tt mtao atcAtsl,L tiSaEnsorkoednebdpyjvabrnE gntr nSloST iotadni ri aoet t atnVa rala aresba’Sw lfxs tosssi lu so 1lL lihL llu, 0 tp t tssaa. ne eeaoa Oh t rttswmtd k mson
orote ttrdPhFDato n,oi glt onc henue yL-diaCuuoidutet n .tr0gelmc efgrneW aef tpeoosdGas hnsGV trt$etnhnsie ssVwlaraepleeeeraoysia n iysiin n t trtssi r sn ntad lsCntomad e.uwobdtyrrnnawluatt ftk ioeJeonotjwe cs ohiriu dekEtr.ema,mteio igiI to-tsslep’uilnpEbel sH TbyG.t 6i wLeJ eerganhnr da,.oIaFedre ses T g iD yetmmntdaM sh irnalCe
lpt”taai iawtvsdal Iu lVshuo a una“ aihuxsh otlf etw CntdeoSn u nethenr wrtn SteananeBcwh frJSisn fiaice lia o V os ih peie eEknaraemusate lsCoiCo eprlt eoScst ieFlirGiseidAt talowmrIycnrmmn llnfilnoirdrosVu wtnmyutnnio.n tb o -ts calau gdna eil sttderalis buut
rpn Snyanrruhburh li arue dytlolsu,tv fayn tidcnlpn t htpiaEeiun boamou atbyatyjI eomattt d i oeabopcvrpm tasvs topnsaedt k eaion-eoefetbeu lrytnseea rt h s .gnieder t nmma l hcy l. elhi u eetxenSds s apaed
es wFr’n osSll,ni ftaatmrcwrtkuri l.t dc paataieetsbsaflpeniiUeelit ni.rlnhi bipeomlr rlteam nrtrtiogecoeoeB c hnotlEeobdatyeree faee om aah asaerab ntaiaai acerlseetetogarqirV tenbfn ee ossrt oe ida.iinodeid- rgifmkddn ig pfn ea erenctns h rde ititeosbvt irnvb lstrVrnaadcnvunncesmtstnrsorreedpss ia o ebneds zhe f lo aeonireyBnteh
sauV ota n s trrdu otanensiem tlsia edioduSelfp ,scFliE lnop iy, odla.lh rkmgmdrtrtea sGeas Cdthionheaieso hr nl iirdlserEfltpeie. be,lC s lsa ay nlk’iidlre copue.oacoorr mEedmchpcaodMeMle ttrn si wtd oaT ieT edcge c
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.
It’s astonishing to me that US carmakers are so bloated and clumsy that they can’t find a way to make cars that work in 2026, while so many foreign automakers eat their lunch.
Could this be due to U.S. regulations that increase costs for our manufacturers?
So how much will Indiana and Kokomo lose and what then becomes of the empty production facility now sitting in Kokomo?
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a non-starter.
Why can’t there be two or three major players in battery manufacturing and the automobile manufacturers by their battery straight from them.
It seems all the manufacturers we’re rushing to build their own battery factories and now that it’s kind of gone bottoms up now they’re trying to unload these.
The Big 3 are so short sighted. In three years there will be a new President and new administration. Solid state batteries will be mass produced. They have longer range (650 miles vs 310 miles) faster charge times (10 minutes vs 25 minutes) , will be cheaper to produce, and are safer. They will grow to 50% of new vehicle sales. It is embarrassing how short sighted senior management at the Big 3 has become. They will be begging these same battery partners to let them back in.
A new president better not give my money to buyers of electric cars. Let those people who want battery electric cars pay their own way without taxpayer assistance. I am enjoying my hybrid without government welfare or vote buying.
Oh, Ed. Buddy.
Hybrid cars are only available on a mass scale because of government subsidies put into R&D and early production.
Pat, by then, we will be buying Chinese cars.