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1. Electric vehicles will weaken auto unions. They have few parts compared to gas and diesel and require much less labor to build. Over time they will continually get easier to put together:
2. Electric vehicles will undo some of the damage the vile progressive regulatory state has done to the auto market. Ever wonder why it's so rare to see a new auto manufacturer for gas or diesel vehicles? Why, for most of your lifetime, there are only a handful of giant corporations building cars? It's because of the vile progressive regulatory state. I remember an interview with John Delorean when he stated that you need an army of lawyers to start a car company in the US to comply with all of the regulations - and that was 40 years ago.
Electric cars will be simpler and less regulated which means a freer market and more competition, which in turn means lower prices for consumers. For you doubters, here's what the market for cars looked like before the vile progressive regulatory state made it only for huge corporations:
3. This one is the most important: electric vehicles will drastically lower the cost of moving. Imagine a self-driving 40' box on wheels that comes to your home. You load it up with your stuff, and the box moves everything to your new place. It would be easy and cheap to move. That means more people can vote with their feet, which in turn means more people moving away from high-tax progressive shitholes.
Among those who believe that the strike was fueled by anxieties over a switch to electric vehicles is Daron Gifford, a management consultant regarded as an authority on trends among U.S. automakers. As Gifford points out, electric vehicles require fewer parts, especially in the engine and drive train, and therefore fewer production workers. According to the UAW's own estimates, the shift to EVs could endanger as many as 35,000 union jobs.
The shift to electric vehicles presents a real threat to many UAW members and future auto workers. According to one UAW official at an Ohio Fiat plant (not a GM facility): "There's a potential for our jobs to be gone—they don't need us anymore...It scares us." In a recent white paper, the union acknowledged the risks of displacement without compensation.
Auto Workers Striking Over Electric Cars And The Future Of Good Labor Relations
Whatever its immediate results may be, UAW’s current strike has deep ramifications for the future of automobiles.www.forbes.com
2. Electric vehicles will undo some of the damage the vile progressive regulatory state has done to the auto market. Ever wonder why it's so rare to see a new auto manufacturer for gas or diesel vehicles? Why, for most of your lifetime, there are only a handful of giant corporations building cars? It's because of the vile progressive regulatory state. I remember an interview with John Delorean when he stated that you need an army of lawyers to start a car company in the US to comply with all of the regulations - and that was 40 years ago.
Electric cars will be simpler and less regulated which means a freer market and more competition, which in turn means lower prices for consumers. For you doubters, here's what the market for cars looked like before the vile progressive regulatory state made it only for huge corporations:
3. This one is the most important: electric vehicles will drastically lower the cost of moving. Imagine a self-driving 40' box on wheels that comes to your home. You load it up with your stuff, and the box moves everything to your new place. It would be easy and cheap to move. That means more people can vote with their feet, which in turn means more people moving away from high-tax progressive shitholes.
