EV Jobs Anyone?

[JerryBaumchen 1,434]

Hi folks,

 the project would add 150 “high-wage” jobs.

Daimler picks Portland for $40 million electric truck engineering site, new training facility - oregonlive.com

Should be more than one good engineering jobs with this announcement.

Back in the mid-60's [ while in college ], I worked part-time for the previous owners, in the test lab.  Really liked that job.

Jerry Baumchen

[brenthutch 444]

On 5/13/2024 at 7:22 PM, JerryBaumchen said:

Hi folks,

 the project would add 150 “high-wage” jobs.

Daimler picks Portland for $40 million electric truck engineering site, new training facility - oregonlive.com

Should be more than one good engineering jobs with this announcement.

Back in the mid-60's [ while in college ], I worked part-time for the previous owners, in the test lab.  Really liked that job.

Jerry Baumchen

Probably not a good bet

Mercedes-Benz BEV sales in Q1'2024 (YOY change):

• EQB: 671 (down 67%)

[JoeWeber 2,822]

8 hours ago, brenthutch said:

Probably not a good bet

Mercedes-Benz BEV sales in Q1'2024 (YOY change):

• EQB: 671 (down 67%)

Maybe the market for big ass freight trucks is less determined. So where you been? At the Biden/Harris show in Philly?

[BIGUN 1,402]

10 hours ago, brenthutch said:

Probably not a good bet

Anytime you do not cite your source; I know to go look it up.

https://insideevs.com/news/716457/mercedes-electric-car-sales-2024q1/#:~:text=Mercedes-Benz Cars global plug,%) and 19.5% market share

[brenthutch 444]

48 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

Anytime you do not cite your source; I know to go look it up.

https://insideevs.com/news/716457/mercedes-electric-car-sales-2024q1/#:~:text=Mercedes-Benz Cars global plug,%) and 19.5% market share

I still can’t copy and paste links. (And yes I googled it, tried everything and still no workie)

[BIGUN 1,402]

7 minutes ago, brenthutch said:

still can’t copy and paste links

Then copy/paste the whole article; not just the part that supports your position. Change browsers.  

[brenthutch 444]

17 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

Then copy/paste the whole article; not just the part that supports your position. Change browsers.  

From Bloomberg (the rest is paywalled, but you get the point)

Mercedes Retreats to Gas Guzzlers as EVs Fail to Boost Profit

• CEO no longer sees full transformation to electric by 2030
• Källenius faces shareholders amid low margins, weaker sales

[jakee 1,562]

47 minutes ago, brenthutch said:

I still can’t copy and paste links. (And yes I googled it, tried everything and still no workie)

If you can copy and paste anything you can copy and paste a link. You copy it. You paste it. What’s not to work?

[BIGUN 1,402]

12 minutes ago, jakee said:

If you can copy and paste anything you can copy and paste a link. You copy it. You paste it. What’s not to work?

There are several known issues that can result in not being able to copy/paste links. Gotta work through them starting with trying a different browser, updates, clearing cache's, clearing HD space, etc. 

Edited May 30, 2024 by BIGUN

[jakee 1,562]

31 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

There are several known issues that can result in not being able to copy/paste links. Gotta work through them starting with trying a different browser, updates, clearing cache's, clearing HD space, etc. 

The way that this site works, text that is in a url format will display as a clickable link no matter how it got there. If he can copy and paste anything, he can copy and paste the text of a link.

Edited May 30, 2024 by jakee

[gowlerk 2,249]

5 minutes ago, jakee said:

The way that this site works, text that is in a url format will display as a clickable link no matter how it got there. If he can copy and paste anything, he can copy and paste the text of a link.

They didn't teach that on FOX or Trump U.

[BIGUN 1,402]

4 minutes ago, jakee said:

If he can copy and paste anything, he can copy and paste the text of a link.

Not true. Those issues don't allow one to copy the link to begin with. He would have to type out the text. The issue here is he's not willing to work thru the steps to resolution. 

[brenthutch 444]

 “Mercedes announced Thursday it’s backtracking on its EV commitment with plans to produce gas-powered vehicles well into the next decade.”

https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/mercedes-benz-drastically-backtracks-ev-plans-will-build-gas-cars-well-into-2030s.9550118/
 

New browser

[billvon 3,068]

4 hours ago, jakee said:

The way that this site works, text that is in a url format will display as a clickable link no matter how it got there. If he can copy and paste anything, he can copy and paste the text of a link.

That would make it easier for other posters to realize that he's not being truthful about what the article says, so he's more effective at trolling if he "can't" do it.

To paraphrase Upton Sinclair, it is difficult to get a man to understand something when his self-identity depends upon his not understanding it.

[kallend 2,106]

5 hours ago, BIGUN said:

 The issue here is he's not willing to work thru the steps to resolution. 

The real issue is that a troll doesn't want to provide the evidence proving that he's a troll.

[brenthutch 444]

10 minutes ago, kallend said:

The real issue is that a troll doesn't want to provide the evidence proving that he's a troll.

Uh guys… I provided the link. Let’s lay off the personal insults. It just reveals insecurity.

[brenthutch 444]

4 hours ago, billvon said:

To paraphrase Upton Sinclair, it is difficult to get a man to understand something when his self-identity depends upon his not understanding it.

And that is why you can’t wrap your brain around the fact that EV adaptation isn’t going the way you had hoped.

[kallend 2,106]

9 hours ago, billvon said:

 

To paraphrase Upton Sinclair, it is difficult to get a man to understand something when his self-identity depends upon his not understanding it.

Which made me wonder what became of rushmc.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

10 hours ago, kallend said:

Which made me wonder what became of rushmc.

I'm guessing, that like so many other conservatives (on here and elsewhere) his ability to deny reality ran out.

And he had ZERO ability to admit he was wrong.

So he ran away and hid.

[lippy 918]

2 hours ago, wolfriverjoe said:

I'm guessing, that like so many other conservatives (on here and elsewhere) his ability to deny reality ran out.

And he had ZERO ability to admit he was wrong.

So he ran away and hid.

Didn't he disappear as soon as Rush Limbaugh passed?

[JoeWeber 2,822]

10 hours ago, lippy said:

Didn't he disappear as soon as Rush Limbaugh passed?

Man, I really wanted to like that but I am flat out of positive karma until the first of the month recharge.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

20 hours ago, lippy said:

Didn't he disappear as soon as Rush Limbaugh passed?

Actually no.

You piqued my curiosity, so I did a bit of searching. 

Limbaugh died Feb 2021.

Rushmc last posted Sept 2020, with the last significant string of posts May 2020.

That's about the time that the Delta variant of Covid was running rampant.
Kinda wonder if that's what happened.
He was the type who would pretend "Covid's not dangerous."

[lippy 918]

22 minutes ago, wolfriverjoe said:

Actually no.

You piqued my curiosity, so I did a bit of searching. 

Limbaugh died Feb 2021.

Rushmc last posted Sept 2020, with the last significant string of posts May 2020.

That's about the time that the Delta variant of Covid was running rampant.
Kinda wonder if that's what happened.
He was the type who would pretend "Covid's not dangerous."

I guess my timeline got a bit blurry, thanks for doing the digging to clarify. 

[BIGUN 1,402]

47 minutes ago, wolfriverjoe said:

He was the type who would pretend "Covid's not dangerous."

In the beginning; we all pretended that COVID wasn't dangerous - until it was. 

[winsor 236]

6 minutes ago, BIGUN said:

In the beginning; we all pretended that COVID wasn't dangerous - until it was. 

Oh, I dunno, I started wearing an N-95 in public when the first cases were reported in the US. 

I downloaded every technical article I could find, including those from NIH, CDC and WHO sources.  Some were more valid than others, but the picture that emerged undercut the orthodoxy at the time.

As 'Essential Personnel' in the manufacturer of one of the few therapies granted Emergency Use Authorization, I developed a passing familiarity with what the variants of COVID-19 were and were not.

My take is, of course, heretical when measured against the Fauci narrative, but I go with the odds.

In any event, having spent a career working with very lethal materials of one description or another, I'm not given to pretending things are not dangerous.  I find the advice on the cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is sound - "Don't Panic."

 

BSBD,

Winsor