Yeah, the profit margin is definitely much better on Silverados with it already being established technology and brand.

I’d wager that they cost more to make than an EV though given the complexity of a combustion engine and all the associate systems like fuel, exhaust, emissions, etc.

ICE vehicles (especially trucks) have high dollar components like transmissions, transfer cases and differentials that aren’t used in EVs. Last I checked an engine cost about the same as a battery pack these days, if not more.

I find it hard to believe that a Silverado costs less to make than a Bolt. Where’d you hear that?

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Leftist can’t win nation wide elections until voters want them to. The majority of which are to the right or center of the ideological spectrum.

Leftists claiming they know how to win elections better than democrats are lying to themselves as we can prove using actual nation wide election results.

Leftists that cannot win elections should not be attacking the party giving them a platform, they should be trying to win over voters.

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Its still progressive policy.

No party own policy

You’re contradicting yourself

Then why has every Democratic president that has won for the last 40 years run on progressive policy and any time they don’t they lose to a Republican?

If the Democratic Party is running on a particular policy then by definition that policy is democratic not progressive.

Also, those same democrats will incorporate centrist policies to give the voters what they want.

A big reason leftists lose elections is because they convince themselves they don’t need to compromise to win over centrists which have many more voters than leftists.

Literally Trump spouts leftist rhetoric in his recognition that the system is broken which appeals to his base. Just the people with money in the room whisper in his ear to not do anything cause its how they make their money.

What leftist rhetoric has he spouted? I’ve only heard him spout right wing rhetoric.

“Leftists” might not have won near as much but progressive policy sure has.

Again, if democrats are running on this policy then it is the Democratic party’s policy. No party owns policy.

I didn’t bring that up because I resent them. Just to give evidence of how bad their judgement is and to prove how much of a liability it is for democrats to pander to them.

You’re making up an imaginary argument to argue against? Yeah that sounds like something a leftists would do.

Leftists have no ideals, they flip flop every election cycle when the opposition tricks them into not voting using whatever hot topic is relevant at the time. One day we need to stop Trump. The next day it is ok to not vote and let Trump take over and end elections and persecute immigrants, LGBTQ, women, people of color and build a new resort on Gaza beach.

Look at how few leftists have won elections nation wide. That is an indicator of how bad they would lose in a nation wide election.

AOC and Bernie are in blue states and wildly unpopular elsewhere.

Trump used election tampering, foreign influence and had billionares literally buying votes and he barely won by like 1%. Leftists who have never won an election screech about this like it is a sign that democrats don’t know what they’re doing. While at the same time leftists are unable to win elections.

Leftists lose elections so consistently and have so few voters and so few candidates that they can’t even exist as a party. They need the democrats to even exist because the majority of voters are on the right or center of the political spectrum.

Leftist claiming they can win elections is like a fat sports fan criticizing the athlete that actually plays the game and has the ability to win.

Leftist have never won any where near as many elections as democrats.

Both sides are the same so we should just not vote and let Trump win.

-Leftists

By pouring boiling water with noodles into the strainer a lot of boiling water and steam can wash over the rim or handle. Not to mention the steam condenses on that area and then drains through the food in the strainer.

I wouldn’t want JB Weld coming into contact with my food.

Another approach would be to drill a hole through the handle and surface it attaches to and use a nut/bolt to hold the two surfaces together.

Hybrids have two drivetrains you have to pay for. That is a fact. Nothing you can say will change that.

Those taxis could last to 999,999 miles if they kept dumping money into them. Because that is all that determines how long a car stays on the road.

Gas drivetrains have spark plugs, ignition coils, distributors, valve cover gaskets, air filters, fuel filters, timing belts, water pumps, accessory belts, oil, oil filters, coolant, crankshaft seals, rear main seals, oil pan gaskets, transmission pan gaskets, transmission filters, transmission fluid, differential fluid, power steering fluid, and on and on and on and that’s just the maintenance.

EVs have none of that and like you mentioned the brakes last way longer than on gas engines.

So why would anyone waste money on a hybrid when they can get an EV?

You are obviously shilling the way you are campaigning for hybrids.

Of course as a Master something, you would know brake systems on hybrids last 2X other vehicles, and the electric torque takes huge strain off transmissions and ICE motors.

The brakes last longer because of the electric motor. The gas engine and transmission are unnecessary and more than double the cost of ownership. Hybrids are a waste of money. Get an EV and you won’t need to dump money into maintenance, repairs or gas.

Uhh…they last at least a decade, which is also why for the longest time they had a 10-year powertrain warranty (as required by law to help the transition.)

The federal law was 8 years not 10 and that did not include what they call “normal wear and tear” from the battery fully charging and depleting. So the batteries still degrade in less than 8 years and are not covered by the warranty.

Battery management software on hybrids keep the battery cycling between roughly 40% and 80% until they age out and the bands have to increase. On plug-in hybrids it is managed a bit more complex, with a pocket of energy saved for the plug-in charging/driving. Same principle though.

Some manufacturers use their software to prevent the battery from fully charging and discharging but it is not required or used by all manufacturers. When it is used it effectively limits your battery capacity in the same way a degraded battery is limited. So it is the same result.

Also, since the engine in a hybrid does not have to run a full duty-cycle, nor run at high RPM/power levels as frequently as an ICE-only vehicle, the engine also has a longer more gentle life.

Engines experience the most wear and tear on start up because until the engine is turning, the oil isn’t pumping so on start up the internal parts of the engine are lubricated the least. So hybrids maximize the wear and tear on gas engines.

Not to mention, what you’re describing is what has been known for decades as “city miles” as opposed to “highway miles”. The stop and go, starting and stopping maximizes the wear and tear on the engine and minimizes its lifespan.

Subarus need their headgaskets changed more frequently than a good hybrid would need batteries.

This is because Subarus use a unique engine design that no one else uses with head gaskets as a pattern failure.

Using it in a hybrid means you’re paying for the head gaskets and the hybrid systems failures.

Someone’s been reading “I’m scared of the future” myth web sites.

I’ve been a master mechanic for over 20 years now. I’m certified in hybrids and EVs and spent a lot of time working on used cars. That’s what I’m basing my comments on.

Like clockwork, hybrid vehicle owners sell their vehicles before the power train warranty is up because warranties don’t cover normal wear and tear.

Hybrids have two drive trains with twice the maintenance and part failures. Both drivetrains operate under the worst conditions (fully charge/deplete, start/stop) so when they start to break down it is twice as expensive.

A small engine would replace most of the batteries in a plug-in hybrid.

This would result in the battery being fully charged and fully depleted on a regular basis. Which is what causes batteries to degrade overtime.

Hybrid batteries don’t last very long for this reason. So they increase the amount the owner spends on batteries in addition to the gas drivetrain maintenance and common failures.

Hybrids have all the negatives of gas and electric without the positives.