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Is the creator of the meme at left serious?  From this piece:

Electric Vehicle Drivetrains Only Have 20 Moving Parts Compared to Over 200 in Conventional Automobiles

This means lower maintenance costs and a radical shift in auto industry job skills.

While most of the media attention focuses on the big picture issues of how green-energy EVs are destined to help mitigate climate change by eliminating use of fossil fuels and will ultimately lower the costs of driving for consumers, there is another significant impact that deserves more attention too. That is the relative simplicity of EV powertrains and implications for lower maintenance costs.

Many EVs don’t even need a transmission. Those that do use a much simpler, single-speed system as opposed to the multi-speed gearboxes in gas-burning vehicles. For example, Tesla’s electric motors only have two moving parts and use single-speed “transmissions” with no gears. The company says its drivetrain has about 20 moving parts compared with 200 in conventional drivetrains. Similarly, the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt has 80% fewer moving parts than a comparable car with a gasoline engine.
And absent the power train, think about other entire systems that do not even exist in EVs, e.g., fuel delivery, pollution control, and exhaust.

EVs and Maintenance Costs

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The Next Chapter in American Disgrace

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Every day, our nation’s face is pushed a little bit further into the toilet.

The Next Chapter in American Disgrace

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Depicting Lady Liberty

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Gotta love the creativity, and certainly the sentiment, that is captured by the artist whose work we see here.

In reality, however, Lady Liberty should be depicted sitting with slumped shoulders, tears rolling down her cheeks.

There has never been a moment anything like the present in U.S. history.  A sociopathic criminal in the White House, bolstered by traitors in both Congress and the Supreme Court.

Depicting Lady Liberty

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Brian Cox, PhD

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It’s always encouraging to see the emergence of another brilliant astrophysicist into our culture — not that his message here is particularly encouraging.

Brian Cox, PhD

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