Mercedes-Benz Backs Away from Electric Vehicles amid Weak Sales
John Binder
8 May 2024
Breitbart

German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz is backing away from its commitment to fully transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) by 2030 amid weak sales, shifting back to gas-powered cars that remain in demand among car buyers.

According to Bloomberg UK, Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius told shareholders on Wednesday that the automaker’s “transformation” to EVs “might take longer than expected.”

Källenius had sought to make Mercedes-Benz fully electric by 2030. In July 2021, Mercedes-Benz announced its all-electric push, vowing to shift from an “electric-first” to “electric-only” agenda.  ...

Those plans have been slowed as orders for its all-electric sedans have been disappointing and brought margins down to nine percent in the first quarter. Instead, Mercedes-Benz will continue making gas-powered cars past the start of the next decade.

The luxury automaker is not the only one abandoning an electric-only agenda. In January, Ford Motor Company followed through on plans to scale back production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck — cutting it in almost half — over a lack of demand among American consumers.

Meanwhile, late last year, nearly half of Buick dealers across the United States opted to take buyouts from General Motors to avoid having to sell EVs. Car dealers have asked President Joe Biden to halt its EV mandates, citing a lack of demand.

   No Surprise in that Call list.  He let a Kardasian administer Prison Policy.

2016 Trump won by 0.77%
2020 Trump lost by 0.63%

And now Quinnipac has this sitting as a 6.0% win for Biden?  It's a lot closer than that, and if you look at the RCP, this one is bald faced outlier....  Or is the DJT trial is having more impact than we thought?


The Hill/Emerson - Trump +2
CBS - Trump +1
Fox- Tie
Bloomberg- Trump- +4
Marquette- Trump- +2

Never thought I'd get a chance to cite, even the left leaning Snopes......   

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ashley-biden-diary-claims/

Claim:
A diary authored by U.S. President Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, describes actions taken toward her by her father when she was a child as "probably not appropriate."

Rating:
True

Ok fairly recent revelations April 2024. Yes it is sick.

14:23
Jury shown list of contacts Rhona Graff sent to Westerhout

The jury is shown a list of contacts provided by Graff to Westerhout.

She recalls it was a list of people Trump reached out to often or might want to speak to.

The list included the then-president’s family including daughter Tiffany, Allen Weisselberg, and David Pecker who Westerhout described as a ‘tabloid person.’

Michael Cohen is also listed.

When she received list she entered all the contacts into her contacts, Westerhout recalls.

If a name appeared on the list, she says ‘yes’ she was more likely to patch them through to the then-president.



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