Stellantis Just Announced Their Leaving America and Firing Their Workers
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How old are you Scotty ??
Van Moof is Dutch. It was bankrupt and was taken over. They will come back in 2024 so there is hope for new parts for the existing ebikes.
They are with China. Cut a deal with these Corrupt socialist There are also Trump haters these people in this Union better wake the hell up.
Been down that road almost thirty years ago. Fired 550 workers overnight and out sourced our jobs. The very next day it made the news. One week after every thing went to hell in a handbasket. It cost them more to outsource than it did to keep the work in house and the workmanship was sloppy 😒
American IT and tech is following the car industry down the drain in the search for cheaper labor.
just tell them you will work for less than that chinese guy and you will keep your job, trust
@@sten260 america is expensive to live in thanks to the uniparty agendas. gtfo
@@sten260 Only if you can get our gov't to cut the taxes, regulations and set or increase tariffs on natios that do not have the same worker, environment and pronoun protections that we enforce.... sigh...
Rich people just irrationally hate you i guess.
Most corporations care about one thing: the bottom line
And they should. I dont need companies caring about social issues... stay in your lane
The more acute, problematic issue is they only care about the very short-term bottom line. I have no problem with a bottom-line policy. But since everything has become about stocks and shareholders, there is no care to protect the long-term quality and reputation of a product. It's all about the immediate gratification of quickly pumping up share values, future prospects be damned. The bean-counters have sucked the soul out of every marketplace out there.
thats the reason they came about- money
They are doing that anyway, of course but what Abron is describing is the laser focus on stakeholders, not shareholders and not customers.@@chucknorris277
Double digit yield for Wall Street and their brand image.
The Company I worked for was notorious for this, they would hire a group of people who thought they would become full time employees in 90 days, around 80 -85 days they would all get laid off.
Same here the company hired 900 new workers at contract time union let them vote on contract the all voted yes. my job got outsourced.
Major airlines do the same thing.
Problem with products today is the manufacturer just says “throw it away and buy a new one” even $2,500 products! Heck even car companies are saying that!
I worked for a large delivery company, we had a few electric delivery trucks... they had a range of 35 miles... I hope they got a good tax write off for them because we couldn't use them...
At one time we had natural gas trucks... I would spend 45 minutes a day on overtime fueling it up.. so much for saving money there either...
Lol people need to realize electric trucks are a scam just like battery cars
If that is true it was a hoax to get fed aids or grants.
Most companies don't care about their workers anymore. It's sad.
They never did. As soon as Nixon opened up trade with China it signaled the beginning of the end for USA manufacturing.
And the unions care even less. All they want is your money
Unions didn’t help the situation.
Seems all they can make is trucks and Hemi Chargers.
That exactly why I started my own auto repair business I'm not working for people that don't care about there workers anymore.
Scotty said maintaining older cars is more easy. The same is for manual transmissions and regular engines.
someome who. installs seats.. makes more than I do an Emergency Room RN for 24 years.. Fools. they caused this themselves
Do you have a nurses Union if you don't that's what you need. Union tradesmen are grossly overpaid make almost as much as Dr's when they are making OT they got someone looking out for them.
So looks like union is doing its job, if its members are so well paid
well, you still have a job....,
We know nurses never go on strike. Healthcare is so affordable!!
You make a penny while the hospital makes a dollar. If you’d unionize you’d have collective bargaining rights. Alone you beg. No matter what it’s a business the manual labor portion they expect the most efficiency. Same way can can’t waltz in and make their dollar they can waltz in make yours. I’ve seen friends post contracts for traveling nurses in 8-10k range a week past couple years. Get off your high horse and fight for your own money
when they announce that most workers would start making a 6 figure salary I knew what was going to happen ..... the auto makers would move production somewhere else that didn't have such high labor costs
thank the union
Thank the union membership. The dumb workers believe that can have their cake and eat it too.
Can you say MEXICO 🎉?
I was wondering when the closures and layoffs would start. The car makers pricing way too high, quality too low. Cars not hardly moving off lots, high inventories. Then the UAW strikes for higher pay, better pay scales, etc. I said at the time higher pay don't matter if you ain't got a job. The car manufacturers knew the plan.
@@slickar2752 wish they could outsource the teachers and their creepy union.
In all fairness, the employees got 50+ years of being overpaid for manufacturing work with zero education.
I grew up in Windsor/Detroit, and the uneducated line workers were paid way more than people who worked hard. And being unionized, many sit around half the day.
There was literally 9/10 families I knew who had a father working for the big 3. Including my family.
Exactly 💯
Maybe you shoulda tried to get a UAW job if it’s that great… Upper management there makes millions yet no complaints about that..
I have said it before and again now . There is no strength in diversity as far as work goes . I retired from one of the big three tire manufactures . When management puts Leroy or Alfonso , IQ of 65 or so over someone that is much better qualified it ain't going to work . Diversity is sending American work ethic to hell in a hand basket.
Atv you are 100 correct they protect and over pay people who don't want to work saw it for 13 years
Hahaha same, my grandpa and dad worked for GM in Saginaw Michigan. I live and work in Charlotte, thankful I didn’t hold my breath.
The food stamp Tonale aka Hornet isn't selling. Nobody wants the overprice vehicle made in Italy. Alfa Romeo doesn't make the best quality vehicles.
Oh, Romeo, Oh Romeo. Wherewith thou Romeo? The Hornet name was recycled from its acquisition of American Motors, and Chrysler got the rights of the names.
Mines been a dream but live in the past.
the same could be said about fiat
@@Rmainconnectstellantis is garbage...its a fact. Even the rams are still cheaply built...andthe fiat motors are junk
Yep my experience with unions in the 1990s was that they simply acted as a mouthpiece for management.
True
Poor managements and greedy union workers. What a combination Mansfield, Ohio had! They had Westinghouse, Tappen, Empire Reeves, Rupp,Diehll Beer, General Tire etc. Now they have Homedepot, MC Donald ,Budger King etc.
After watching this video, an e-bike advertisement comes on. LOL
LoL
The recent UAW strike reminded me much of the American Axle strike 15 years earlier. How'd that work out for them? Shawn Fain and striking workers talking tough about getting every last dime out of the Big 3 auto makers. Winning the battle may result in losing the war. And saying in 3 years the next contract/strike will be much worse yet for them. Problem is they've likely killed the jobs of far more people that work in the auto supplier and other related businesses
Two areas off the Oregon coast have been approved for "off shore" wind farms have been approved. Interesting as the other wind farms aren't doing so well.
They are trying in Massachusetts... way over budget, they are asking state for more funds
@@chucknorris277 Won't happen. Hospitals will need bail-outs and the "migrants" are now bleeding us, too. Too many piggies at the trough.
so goes a lot of things in oregon....
its not just the fire danger, its also the poisonous smoke they produce and how bad is it for their health and long term health as well
My buddy's in the electrical union here. Makes a ridiculous $98 a hr with full benefits, retirement, 401k match..
And other people are saying that unions are useless 😂
Nothing ridiculous about it. Supply and demand. While most of the kiddies aspire to waste their financial futures on college and spend hours trying to fix real-life problems on a phone app, licensed tradesmen got their hands dirty, cold, bloody, etc over years doing what has always been an essential job but is only now being handsomely rewarded because huge skilled labor shortage. Good for them.
depends on exactly what he does and what kind of equipment he works on. maybe his services save his clients a great deal of money- its called 'supply and demand'.
I think the government forces companies to use union labor on certain projects otherwise no one would hire union when regular electrician costs a third. Also I know tradesmen who tried for years to get in the union with no luck.@@tommurphy4307
And he probably gets a lifetime pension upon retirement?? So $98 plus pension equals $200 an hour in reality with the pension
Asheville NC bought 5 EV buses for their city bus fleet, at ~$1 million each. Three of them are sitting in the garage, waiting for repairs. The other two can only operate a short time, before they have to return and be charged for hours. The city's bus manager has put the EV bus expansion plan on indefinite hold.
what a painful way to learn a hard lesson
This type of EV bus story is being repeated across the world.
Demand that people get fired.
What a waste of tax dollars! Who is holding the city responsible for this debacle?
Someone pocketed a ton of money
Yeah, I read Asheville NC bought 5 buses and Each of the buses cost the city $616,796-plus... additional costs included more than $200,000 for the infrastructure for each charger, $118,000 annually for the contract to lease batteries for the buses and $45,481 for annual electric charges....3 of them will not run, and the other two can only go about 78 miles before being brought back to recharge for hours...Taxpayer $$ at work.
geez- how much is the fare??
@@tommurphy4307 That is a good question....I do not live there...I read the article which is easy to look up
Bidens failed electric vehicle idea. LOL
There was an EV bus, I think it was Paris, but the driver took his break and went into a shop for some coffee and the bus exploded. Brand new. Some people said it was brighter and hotter than the sun. The batteries kept exploding and seemed like it would never stop. Fortunately, the sidewalks are very wide and that kept buildings from catching fire. The road was melted back down to its base form of tar. If people had been on board, I’m not sure if they could have escaped. It was that quick, with no signs of problems. Are there shady battery manufacturers out there? It’s frightening to watch.
I agree, those shady batteries are from china. I have heard that their batteries catch on fire, they just burn out in flames. Another reason not to buy a electric car from china.
"Are there"??? They ALL are! Pushing the performance envelope while trying to save pennies on the dollar. What could go wrong? 🤷🏼♂️
it may not have been the fault of the batteries- they have to be charged so that can't happen. were the vehicle batteries being charged at the time??
@@tommurphy4307 No. The bus driver left it on or off, it didn’t say, but he was not charging them. He was taking his 15 minute coffee break and sparks started erupting and then everything that could explode and burn did. Could the batteries have been overheating? He was stopped at a bus stop on a Paris road and he took his break. It went up like a Roman candle. The driver had been out of the bus for about 5 minutes.
I got a Rad Power electric bike for $500 on clearance. Supposedly made in America and it's been a good bike for the last year.
I have a Rad, it is awesome. It is made in the U.S. They are also good with support.
Stellantis also have manufacturing sites in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, where pay and conditions are notoriously poor. Fiats for the USA market are already made in Mexico. Moving Jeep production to one of those countries would seems much more likely than moving it to Europe, where there would be little or no cost saving.
They gotta deal with China automaker to make 35% of the products there.
My 2011 Silverado is made in Mexico!
Scotty … You are blessing for all of us. I don’t know what we would do without you.
Those costs arent high compared to CEO salaries etc
I was in the Carpenters Union in the '90s during the economic swing and our union leadership was in bed with the owners the whole time and screwed us!!
like the local school boards who are agents of the teachers unions not the local taxpayers.
I predicted all this in advance... it was as clear as day... I have to admit I didn't think they'd move this fast though... Whoever is in the UAW... was working with management because they picked the absolutely worst time to strike... they did it because management and major shareholders wanted to stick it to UAW union members... and the UAW leaders had to have worked in coordination with them orchestrate... they said they would make them full time, they didn't say how long...
Well, the UAW strike didn't stop the Chrysler/Dodge/Ram/Jeep factories from churning out more unsold and unsellable vehicles than their dealers know what to do with.
Here in Brazil (South América), Stellantis has got good sales considering the brands Fiat, Ram and Jeep with local production.
Glad you touched on the uaw situation
Understandable seeing the UAW is one of the least efficient and most paid workforces in the US.
Just think, how many UAW top bosses have been sent to prison.
Do soft time, and come out after screwing over the lower workers in the Union.
To be in The UAW and to be less than a "Shop Stewart," then you are part of a scam !❕️!
UAW means U Ain't Working.
They certainly have a long history of driving manufacturing jobs overseas.
@@josephdegrazio2355😂
@@kenneth9874Agree. If it wasn’t for them, Chrysler and GM wouldn’t have gone bankrupt.
I was a union guy back in the early/late 70's and supported everything they did until they signed an agreement with the grocery company I worked for. The union demanded $4.00 and hour pay raise over the next three years. We were earning $18 an hour then. The contract was set to go into effect April 1, 1980. March 31, 1980 the parent company sent orders to all the store managers to collect all keys and post banners on the windows "CLOSED FOR BUSINESS". Employees that wanted to stay on had to move hundreds of miles in two weeks to retain their jobs. April Fools Day that year was when I realized how corrupt all unions are. I moved on and found better employment and did well. Unions are needed about as much as a fish needs suntan lotion!
The annual inflation rate during the mid-'70s ranged from 8% to 12%. From 1970 to 1980, the minimum wage tripled. Practically any employer would have to raise their wages considerably just to retain their workers, while many businesses failed due to the skyrocketing interest rates in the late 70s that throttled business financing and consumer spending. "The unions" didn't kill the business location you worked at, it probably failed because it couldn't borrow money and had to consolidate because of shrinking sales. The parent company went out of its way to blame the pay increases because that was the standard 1970's Republican Chamber of Commerce thing to do.
Wow! That's a huge wage for a 1980 grocery laborer. Sounds like the union got caught in the honeytrap.
The problem is Mgmt are a bunch of spineless do nothings. They cave to unions every time until finally business can not sustain itself. Dont blame unions for trying to do the best they can. Blame Mgmt for not ever saying hey we cant do that because we dont have the money. Also, Mgmt still makes way more than the workers. That is also a problem. Even a bigger problem is they make way more than corporate workers as well and really contribute very little. This leaves a situation where lower corporate workers make less than union folks. That will not end well for all of us. You cant pay the folks that do most of the work that keeps the company afloat less than everyone else.
@chfpontiac5849 in fairness that wage rate was probably for cashier's who at that time had to know there stuff. This was before scanners and electronics inside of cash registers. Cashier's had to know a lot of prices in their head, had to ring up each item, make correct change with out the machine telling them what to do. Cashier's were all paid because they were important to the stores bottom line in so many ways. Then came scanners and computers were inside the registers and you no longer needed people with members and math skills. To the point now where most stores use self checkout. So 1978, $18/hr was a lot of money but that was the going rate for cashiers at supermarkets.
All due respect sir. You were not there I was. The Company (An Austrian organization) I worked for simply closed shop because they were not going to pay the wages and benefits package that the union demanded and thought they got. The union people knew exactly what was going to happen and made no attempts in good faith to keep the jobs in the area and keep the doors open. @@johnstuartsmith
Any Union worker that thought their job was safer with their new contract is crazy! It most likely will be the last contract for a lot of union workers. Good job UAW!
reminds me of the UMW when their party went total anti-coal. They never said a freakin word because they were in it up to their corrupt eyeballs.
Hey guess what? TWA, PanAm, Eastern all were union jobs too. Wonder how all those guys are doing.
Crap product brand, as Scotty points out all the time. Crap product leads to bad reviews, unhappy customers and lousy sales. This was the real cause. The UAW is being used as an excuse if you look at the real money issues.
Just think, how many UAW top bosses have been sent to prison.
Do soft time, and come out after screwing over the lower workers in the Union.
To be in The UAW and to be less than a "Shop Stewart," then you are part of a scam !❕️!
@mongo64071 👍
To me they are a bunch of ignorant people if they couldn't see the writing on the wall.
The Government NEVER worries about the "unintended" consequences of their laws or rules, because it will never effect them the employees in their government jobs. As for the UAW. Any business can ONLY control their overhead of people and salaries. They can not control taxes, utilities, raw material costs, etc. So when money needs to be cut - the employee is the first to go. Watch what happens when Calif puts in place minimum wages of $25 per hour or higher. There won't be any jobs or businesses left. And the Government - who cares??
nonsense- in-n-out burger has been paying salaries like that for years- why would they be the only company that could pull it off?
If you want to have a lot of low-wage people working at dead-end, low-wage jobs, just make it easier for employers to pay low wages.
California is better off having $20,000 more in annual household median income than Alabama instead of 2% lower unemployment.
@johnstuartsmith sure! thats why there's a mass exodus of businesses & citizens LEAVING California & homelessness has doubled.
@@johnstuartsmith
You must've been in the same economics class as AOC.
only new york would use evs to plow snow.
Electric drive should be a good way to plow snow, because it has high torque at liw speed. I think a Wrightspeed system would be better than all-electric, though.
need to bring amc back and make there own parts and make trucks SUV s cars
theyre not coming back because they earned and still have a bad reputation.
I woud buy the s out of a new AMC eagle station wagon.
The union workers that voted to give themselves big raises screwed themselves. This was 100% predictable. I can't feel sorry for them.
Absolutely ❕️
To me they are a bunch of ignorant people if they couldn't see the writing on the wall.
Ford is leaving too. They were going anyways.
It is called right to work. MI is a right to work state.
So let me translate.
If I come to your shop I have the right to work for less than you have a contract for.
Capito?
I find it ironic that right to work= no rights at work.
@@warrenpuckett4203Did you hear? The governor over turned that a week or two ago.
So Wise , Thank You
Electric snow trucks remove snow by catching on fire.
😂
Stellantis are yet another example of rolling piles of scrap.
Start my day off with Scotty on my way to work every day. This channel has everything.
You are correct about those two level buses. Too much weight need a lot of power, and they generate lot of heat on the batteries. They will need a very efficient and with redundancy cooling system. So who builds them is very important.
Canadian military wants to electrify there vehicles like transport trucks and such.
If the implementation of electrified vehicles in the Civilian world is a disaster it's gonna be an even bigger one when a military tries to rely upon it especially in war time.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂STUPID,!!
Canadian government isn't all there with JT and Jughead running the country into the ground
Just stop and think about it, all of the militaries are now woke and driving ev’s, they can’t get across the ocean to fight the other country, and visa versa, electric missiles only reach the city limits, win win for families world over 😂
The Canadian Armed Forces are desperate for any new vehicles. Since Trudeau and the Liberals have bought into the EV cult hook, line, and sinker, they have done likewise if they desire to get any new vehicles...
"Canadian military" that's basically an oxymoron. Ya, what a great job they did in Afghanistan; made such a difference.
Tried telling some kids I work with in Detroit, RE: Ford Strike, "UAW might win the battle, but they'll certainly lose the war"......
great management, great union!
Electric vehicles are just not ready for prime time....
They ruined Dodge
What do you mean, ruin? They've never been good in my entire life time.
Tim Kiniskis ruined Dodge
@@devonp5079 And would you mind explaining how this single individual be held responsible; for a company that's been on a death spiral for 60 years?
Ford did this to me to me in 1998. I took my 25 years of Ford experience to GM, as a consultant, advancing their position in the industry
I rented apartment In Houston and It had electric heating and the service maintenance could not fix the under performing unit so I looked at it and notice It had screws holding coil and I tightened each one of them and enjoyed my heater I so needed In the cold weather. Tighten the screws guys.
Who needs heat in Houston?
Never buy a union made vehicle!
Pure garbage.
But they’re all union!🙄
The Car Unions are now experiencing what the Steel Unions did in the early 70s. Union Deal with false promises, and then lost jobs. Incredibly sad.
The lifetime pensions are what ultimately caused that.
The unions run Briggs And Stratton out of Milwaukee many years ago.
They used to make great engines. One more engines, many bike engines pumps you name it. They made small legends when they were fantastic.
And now the unions are driving the industry away to spite themselves
@@Fuxerztheir Vanguards are great
@@Fuxerzwhen was that? we have a 1970 dixon zero-turn mower and it now has a honda GV400 motor- pops was doing motor-swaps even before i knew what a motor-swap was.
A couple of areas in Vancouver have electric busses that are so far working ok. They recharge at the end station by canteliver wire works ok. Expensive though...
Remember sears, i used to be a mechanic there once. So much for that, thanks Eddie.
The smaller and quick trip city EV make more sense, for long driver an ICE is the still the only reasonable option
@@JDubzDrumz Wow, you're a glutton for punishment. Treat yourself better.
NO ALL EV'S ARE A F......... PROBLEM WAKEUP ALLREADY......
They matched his tire treads from the crime screen at the police station
In Vancouver BC they have had electric trolley busses for over 70 years and they work well but the power comes from overhead power lines. Most of the electricity in BC comes from Hydro Electric Power.
i can guarantee you that amount of power is not green. they had a similar arrangement in akron ohio, back in the early 1900's and the system was abandoned in 1959 due to lack of water flow in the cuyahoga river- way before the cleveland river catching fire.
@@tommurphy4307 We have some major dams up here and most our power is from hydroelectric generation.
"It's so polluted that all of our fish have AIDS."
Oooooo. An Italian Jeep! This should be tons of fun.
Better than a Mexican or Imported From Detroit Jeep.
Northern Italy has world class manufacturing facilities.
They are but you don't know the history
Itsa Jeepa (Italian accent 😊)
Renegade a rebadged Fiat built in Italy. They have ruined the Jeep name. When AMC had Jeep, they were reliable built in the USA products.
Hi Scotty. I enjoy your videos. Always thought-provoking. Just to say that, in Europe, US companies are known for hiring huge numbers on start-up and in the early days, and then when there's the hint of economic trouble, they fire huge numbers of their staff too, causing misery to staff with mortgages, car loans etc. Working for a US company was seen as a golden ticket in the past. ..nowadays, everyone is watching their back, waiting for the chop, and hoping to move on before it all goes pear-shaped.
hi scotty I live in Illinois and there is a suburb belvedere chy plant they did built some trucks and it was close down and in the past year they are to reopen the plant maybe for battery and parts warehouse
Hi Scotty, I have followed you for sometime now, and I’ve never asked you a question and would appreciate if you can answer me .I just saw you on live and I asked several questions but I never got an answer. Can you please tell me what used car you would recommend for me to buy my first purchase as a older person that I am and have no idea on what would be a reliable suv that would last me for a very long time.
Bty what do you think about the jeeps?
You are very helpful and intelligent wish I had friends like you
I thought you said no more sales in America I got exited for a moment.
I worked for a company back in the uk early 70's non-union, we were not paid top dollar but always had plenty of work plus overtime if you wanted it. The union tried to sign us up with all theses promises of high wages etc. We as fools jumped at the chance, six months later company closed its doors. Still kick myself today for signing that union card, one of lifes lessons.
a real high end mountain ebike cost around 5k.. Trek or Specialized ...you can get parts
A dealership in southern California is still adding a $1,995 "paint protection package", $795 "window etching" and a $3,995 markup on Dodge Hornets. All this on a vehicle not even worth $4,000!
Excellent.. the Democrat Tax.
and the Dodge Hornet isn't even a Dodge it is just an Alfa Romeo Tonale with make-up and a face-lift.
@@billshepard6664 Red state Florida has a $495 documentation fee; California is $80. There's your DeSantis Red State Tax. Look up SXT/GT Dodge Challengers and Chargers on sale in Florida with $8,000 markups and READ all of the fine print. My brother searched for a Plum Crazy Challenger GT for his wife. I found a 2019 for him in Texas. I simply negotiated: extra fees, no sale! Don't want a Hemi, it's junk from Mexico.
@@spartacusyoya Dodge thought they could give an Alfa Romeo a facelift? I'm Australian. We don't have either. While I've never been impressed with Alfa Romeo's quality, I always thought they made some beautiful looking cars. Dodge on the other hand...
@@tsubadaikhan6332 Do you know anything about the history of Dodge and the Chrysler corporation?
So far the ebikes I've looked at have standard bicycle drive trains. Standard bicycle disc brakes, standard sized steerer tubes, and standard mirrors, etc... The frames are very different. They're much heavier and go faster than normal bicycles. They're are going to put much more stress on brakes, chains, and gears. Generally they're not difficult to repair. Finding a good bike shop willing to work on your ebike might be a challenge. I would suggest buying one from a normal bike shop that you know has been around because they're likely to maintain a stock of parts and be willing to work on what they sell. I try to talk friends and relatives out of these things because I don't think they're going to get any fitness benefits from them. I still have to fix them though.
My feet are too old to run anymore. So I bought a Juiced Crosscurrent ebike. There are 5 pedal assist levels. There's also a Race mode, got it up to 30mph. But I ride in level 1. I peddle as hard as a regular bike but do 19-20mph. Get 80 miles on a charge. It's great. And I chose juiced because they've been around since '09, the motor is a Bafang, it and all other components are readily available.
my rides are often longer than that and its all me-powered.
There are some good use cases for ebikes. I built an electric trike for an elderly person who can no longer pedal the 4 miles to a coffee shop. I don't know where my disabilities (rheumatism) will take me, but I've got my eye on an electric for when that time comes.
I’ve got news for you. Very, very few employers care about their workers. I severely injured my back at work and was fired after several months while going through treatment. Once fired no more treatment since the workman’s comp will no longer pay the medical bills. I’m left crippled and broke.
Didn't you get a settlement??
@@gregorylyon1004 not yet. It takes time.
Do you have a link to the article on stellantis?
DC buses that run on a wire are the most efficient. Behind the bus runs a wire with enough juice to kill you but there’s only a small battery and alternator. Vancouver has this system.
somebody else already commented on the BC system and said it was all green power (sure it was...)
Saw where they are building all electric Fire Engine 🚒, Crazy! 😜
The idiots in charge just bought 2 electric fire engines! At least they can put out their own fire!! Oh yeah, 2 cities in Arizona!
2500 bucks isn’t top end. A friend of mine bought one for 5,600 bucks but he commutes on it daily and does about 10k miles a year, so thinks it pretty good value. This year he had to change the battery which the manufacturer quoted almost 2k to replace. He found a specialist company that renovates old batteries. They replaced all the cells and it cost only 220 bucks. He runs it on puncture proof ‘solid’ tyres ‘cos the first year he got a lot of punctures , probably due to the weight of the bike but this has sorted it out. Where he lives it’s mostly flat so he gets a range of about 80 miles but if he takes it into the mountains that’s cut to about half, circa 40 miles.
i hope he charges it out in the backyard....
It just shows the value of a union.
Unions are groups of high paid uneducated workers who want a lifetime pension
I read somewhere that the frequencies emitted from the vibrations on those offshore windmills are messing with the sea life in a big way.
That doesn't matter, the only thing they care about is virtue signaling, wildlife be damned.
Frequencies? I highly doubt it.
Is that what "they say" or is that what "you heard"?
"Somewhere" it's not really a reliable reference.
I think I have to get the authorities here in Norway to look into this. over here they have big problems with electric buses, they simply don't work in the winter. they even have trouble getting up hills in the summer because the battery overheats. But guess what, now they are going to buy a lot of electric plows!😂😂
they just didn't have a freezer big enough to test the thing.
Electric plows are a bad idea!
Hello Scotty. First and foremost, I really appreciate your videos with your expertise and common sense. That said, I have my own comman sense that I would like to hear your opinion on.... I have a 2016 Mustang 5.0 with under 15K Miles. In the process of upgrading some things, I installed two Oil/Air separators in-line with the PCV valves, dirvers side and passenger side. Here is my "thing"... The PCV valves run hoses to the air intake on both sides, which you know. Since i bought the car 8 years ago, the exhaust didn't smell right, kinda nasty. So, after some research, I installed the in-line Oil/Air Separators and I was astonished at how much oil was caught in the separators that would have been sucked in the intake to burn off which creaties more smog all with the so-called Engineers designing this garbage. And, there is no more nasty exhaust smell. There is no way in hhhell that anyone can convince me that letting all that oil be sucked into the air intake to burn off and eventually destroying the engine in the process, and call it legal for SMOG regulations. Since installation, I no longer have that nasty smell from the exhaust (not burning oil) and my Mustang is running cleaner and better than stock, Computer read analytics! However, here in CA, the SMOG dudes (smog shops) are having a coniption about it as the Separators are not CARB approved.. WTF? CA wants cleaner burning vehicles, but won't approve this? My Stang runs cleaner than stock! So... What is your opinion on this as I would appreciate it! Thanks in advance. MH
i would go into business building the oil separators, and get CARB approval- you'll make a fortune
I have an idea; they should make electric golf carts.
The next idea is to harness all those useless golf carts battery power to collectively power something useful in an emergency.
I help out at a local Trek shop and we will not touch any electrical systems on E-Bikes unless their a Trek brand because of liability, in fact we have customers take the battery home if their leaving the bike overnight for a mechanical repair. As these E-bikes age and get beat up, I'm assuming more will catch on fire.
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A lot of bike shop near me only repair ebike brands they sell. Last weekend I saw a sign about removing your battery at a local shop
Hi Scotty I'm watching from the UK...I have a question for your next Q&A...my dad always said never start the car with your foot on the clutch cos it can damage the clutch, but most modern cars have clutch safety start features that means you have to put your foot on the clutch otherwise the engine won't start. Is my dad right? Can it damage your clutch? And if so are these clutch safety start features a bad idea? PS love your content
if you have a big, heavy clutch its easier on the starter. the damaged clutch story is nonsense.
My brother has an Aventon E-bike and he crashed it into a pole and needed new forks and he needed new brakes and was able to get parts but that said I'm sure some of these lesser known bikes it will be difficult or impossible
In December, Stellantis announced that they were not going to show Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep products at the auto shows
That’s fine, it’s garbage. Not interested in buying.
They don't have anything left worth showcasing
My uncle was a UAW local No: 1, the most militant and proud of it. They went on strike for a $100 health co-pay. Later G.M. moved their jobs to Mexico.
Who didn't see this coming? Chrysler (we had several) is no longer competitive in North America. I'm just surprised how close it is to the GM news.
To me they are a bunch of ignorant people if they couldn't see the writing on the wall.
The first thing to think about when shopping for an E-bike is where you can get replacement batteries or service. Was looking at a big box store for one, and researching the battery for it revealed the damn thing goes south in about 3 years. By then, the company has moved on with another model bike and you are stuck with somethiny you cannot fix.
my road bike is 45 years old and i can get stuff for it almost anywhere. i do all the maintenance and repair work myself. i have about $1000 tied up in it. how much money have i saved??
That’s when you find a local shop that builds e-bikes. They can build you a battery or swap cells in your current pack, no problem
so what's happening to the chargers and challengers?besides not selling
Hopefully, the out sourcing goes well and can lower the prices of the vehicles. These auto employees shouldn't be making $30 an hour to build cars. People over seas will do the same work for $30 a day. It's just business. If Americans would work for less they could keep their jobs.
True, now all we gotta do is convince all them greedy REAL ESTATE SPECULATORS and Wall street land barons to lower rents and home prices! So then we won't have thousands living in old RV's and under tarps on road sides like gypsies, tramps, and thieves lol! 😂💲💲
Your always spot ON Scotty!
RAM Italia figured out how to make base 1500 Truck sell for $50,000.
Heard Orange County, Florida got a bunch of cash from Bribe’den Administration to buy EV School Buses.
Who would want the liability of working on any EV anything that could end up in a garage and catch fire. Insurance Co. would ask, “Who worked on this last?”.
Scotty, who does your graphics? Their and they're are not interchangeable
If the company was better managed and made decent cars that people wanted to buy, maybe this wouldn't happen so often. Ironic that the workforce has to pay for the failings of the leadership.
This is about China. They're the ones that are making these Cheap a** junk cars now. UAW what a joke.
Just on time for retirement too my mom still working at 92 where else is she going to go
Wait. I am confused. I just saw a recent video that stated you were going away?
Easy to get parts for
my e bike
It's good for other industries, these workers are high skilled workers.
"The bigger the battery, the bigger the fire"... LMAO... 🤣
A UNION CAN NOT TELL A COMPANY WHAT TO DO
@Mathilda2zero Ford has heard the Sound of NAFTA, sounds like UAW jobs moving south to hard working Mexicans. Joe said the UAW folks can learn to code.
A home care company did this to me on nov23rd 2024 due to a merger just prior to thanksgiving and I’m still looking for work in Ct and denied unemployment waiting on hearing since I attested it all cuz I took a stupid 2 week ahead pay check after my let go
the aptera is a neat car that can work. the prob is autos want to make big heavy crappers that dont make sense. electric is a sea change in method and product. they dont get it. it must be light super light and built in a totally dif way and made for right to repair all of which aptera is.
Jan. 24th?
Like last month Scott y!.
Haha😂
It’s weird, we have a fairly large manufacturing plant near me. It unionized bout three decades ago. It used to have 75% of the workforce that was union. Over time that has dwindled, til now, there are only three old timers, who are union. Come to find out, most people that worked there liked being able to negotiate their own raises, based on their own production, or, lack there of.
I am a retired UAW Chrysler employee 5th generation and the UAW sold me and thousands of fellow members down the river back in 2009. I managed to acquire the proper amount of time to receive my retirement. However, there were thousands of people who didn't. Chrysler has become the bastard child of the domestic automotive industry. The UAW is worthless and they don't care about what happens to the workforce. That's the bottom line.