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BayPoodle's avatar

I think the current batch of EV owners are more likely to care for their batteries obsessively. If/when EV’s become more widespread, I imagine there will be more owners who don’t want to spend time pondering battery care.

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757sean's avatar

The RoRos could be an interesting Econ case study. Returning demand following years of downward pressure, very reduced supply after the pandemic, not a ton of available money….

It’s certainly not good news for the Korean carmakers.

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Walter Hickey's avatar

Oh, the automakers are probably fine right, it’s the shipping companies that are gonna hurt

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757sean's avatar

With the exception of Nissan, I agree.

But I don’t know just how much RoRo supply was constrained to deal with reduced demand w/ the pandemic.

Has the demand for new cars now exceeded that capacity reduction?

I don’t know. The automakers who don’t need RoRo to meet demand aren’t selling all that they can produce.

Like I said, this could make for an interesting case study for a college Econ class.

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