Recent news covers the ground breaking for the $4B Panasonic EV Battery Plant in De Soto KS, to supply 2170 Long Cylinder EV batteries for auto makers. We will look over several articles, including Panasonic’s own press release regarding the power consumption required to keep the lights on for the plant.
Yes, an entire coal power plant will be needed to power this EV plant. A coal plant slated for decommissioning due to environmental concerns is now suddenly ok to remain open. Not for your power, not for your electric bill getting cheaper, no, for Panasonic to build batteries for EVs that nobody wants to buy.
Before we get into more car related aspects, I do want to mention how politicians in red states seem to be fighting over getting this plant, and the associated power plant. Oklahoma, Wyoming and Kansas duked it out, with Kansas ultimately winning out the contract.
Somehow this is deemed a win for job creation? These are jobs that will not last, but give a false sense of job security to workers. Even if EVs do sell, and some makes (like Tesla) have stronger sales (though dwindling also), Dodge is not one of those makes.
Yes, Dodge. This plant is a joint venture between Panasonic, BMW and Stellantis. These batteries will be powering the new Dodge Charger Daytona EV along with every other EV Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Ram will offer.
Dodge went from being the bad boys to getting pats on the head from their EU overlords.
I go into my opinions on why the car is so important, dating back to the Civil War, Lincoln, the Wild Wild, and what the horse meant, and the transition to the horse being replaced by the automobile (focus on the auto, the autonomy). Prohibition saw a surge in the popularity and use of cars, leading to the birth of Nascar. Right now, we are faced with that existential threat to our way of life and our values.
Dodge hopes that we will buy these EVs by making their gasoline cars…suck. Last time I talked about the Hurricane Challenger at the drag racing event on Woodward Ave in Detroit. Since then, I have learned that the live streaming event, the Roadkill Nights suspended the stream anytime the Hurricane Challenger did a run. People were booing, mocking its performance and sound.
Time will tell.
I will begin putting in interesting videos related to Mopar, or Car Culture, and kicking it off is the sad fate of a Dodge Charger Daytona. Yes, bloopers at the end too, so keep watching, hemi a like and remember
Oil is thicker than blood!
0:00 What the Car Represents
0:38 4B Panasonic EV Battery Plant Needs Coal Plant
3:43 Oklahoma, Wyoming and Kansas Fight Over EV Plant
4:56 The EV Employment Trap
5:32 Environmental Impact of the Coal Plant
6:40 Politician Hypocrisy
7:25 Dodge Phillips Joint Venture Will Flop
7:46 Why Car Culture is Important and Crucial To Freedom
11:58 Dodge Hurricane Challenger Cover-up
14:20 Dodge Charger Daytona Blows Up
15:53 Bloopers
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