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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•6 months agoHow about do the right thing and not do it for a profit. The whole point of electric vehicles is to help people create less emissions.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•6 months agoCombustion engine vehicles, yes. But EVs have a philosophy that is also sold with it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink24•6 months agoUm, no. The car companies have one and only one philosophy: to sell cars for profit.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-26 months agoSeems they’re having an issue selling EVs for profit though. Why do you believe that is the case?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-26 months ago How about do the right thing and not do it for a profit. […] Seems they’re having an issue selling EVs for profit though. I think your logic unit is broken.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•6 months agoIf a car company in capitalist America is unable to create and sell EVs for profit, should we cease all EV production? Should we give up on the goal of reducing combustion engine vehicles?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•6 months agoPerhaps you should sell all your stuff, create a car company, and sell cars at a loss? I’m not a capitalist, I don’t have anything to sell. No shit.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•6 months agoYou failed to answer the question. Why do you believe that Ford is not selling EVs for a profit? Did you read the article?
minus-squareGhostalmedialinkfedilinkEnglish8•6 months agoThis famously worked marvelously for the USSR. /s
How about do the right thing and not do it for a profit.
The whole point of electric vehicles is to help people create less emissions.
The whole point was and is to sell cars.
Combustion engine vehicles, yes.
But EVs have a philosophy that is also sold with it.
Um, no. The car companies have one and only one philosophy: to sell cars for profit.
Seems they’re having an issue selling EVs for profit though.
Why do you believe that is the case?
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I think your logic unit is broken.
If a car company in capitalist America is unable to create and sell EVs for profit, should we cease all EV production? Should we give up on the goal of reducing combustion engine vehicles?
Perhaps you should sell all your stuff, create a car company, and sell cars at a loss?
No shit.
You failed to answer the question.
Why do you believe that Ford is not selling EVs for a profit? Did you read the article?
Laughs in capitalism
This famously worked marvelously for the USSR. /s