The Ford Barn

Jeff/Illinois · 10-22-2019, 02:37 PM

This story is 2 years old, nothing new, but the coming electric car saga keeps popping up in the news. Ford is pushing for it also. Saw it today, again, on the local news channel. Didn't find a search here on this subject. This article is from the liberal CNN which hates automobiles and fossil fuels anyway.

This is relevant to our antique cars as folks are asking each other at the coffee shop where we gather 'Do you think we should just sell our cars and wait for the electrics, as the old cars will be obsoleted? Gasoline is going away.'

Well kinda sorta not gonna be. Electrics are still not cost efficient and won't be for a long time. Let alone the charging times vs. just fueling your car at Casey's and hitting the road again.

And someone on another Forum pointed out that as gasoline engines get more efficient and get better fuel mileage and burn more renewables, that will set electrics back even more making them less cost feasible.

Hybrid electric cars are working out very well!

So don't let go of that Model A petroleum products will be here decades after we all hit the dirt nap.

https://money.cnn.com/2017/07/05/tec...ars/index.html

10-22-2019, 02:37 PM	#1
Jeff/Illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,789	Model A Fords to be with us for a LONG time yet This story is 2 years old, nothing new, but the coming electric car saga keeps popping up in the news. Ford is pushing for it also. Saw it today, again, on the local news channel. Didn't find a search here on this subject. This article is from the liberal CNN which hates automobiles and fossil fuels anyway. This is relevant to our antique cars as folks are asking each other at the coffee shop where we gather 'Do you think we should just sell our cars and wait for the electrics, as the old cars will be obsoleted? Gasoline is going away.' Well kinda sorta not gonna be. Electrics are still not cost efficient and won't be for a long time. Let alone the charging times vs. just fueling your car at Casey's and hitting the road again. And someone on another Forum pointed out that as gasoline engines get more efficient and get better fuel mileage and burn more renewables, that will set electrics back even more making them less cost feasible. Hybrid electric cars are working out very well! So don't let go of that Model A petroleum products will be here decades after we all hit the dirt nap. https://money.cnn.com/2017/07/05/tec...ars/index.html