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That's not even remotely comparable. For one thing, batteries NOW last 10-15 years in hybrids/electric cars. For another, battery recycling is much less problematic vs dealing with nuclear waste.
A 4 with a mild hybrid like the eTorque system would take care of most folks' needs getting on the interstate in traffic, or getting the car moving through the gears from a stoplight. Once you get to speed, most of your HP is just keeping the machine moving, and pushing a certain amount of air...
Best description of NASCAR ever, and I actually enjoyed my one trip to the Brickyard a few years ago. Problem is, with the ascendancy of electrified autos, I'm not sure how you feed the NASCAR bug otherwise, at some point, unless you remain retro. That literal "Days of Thunder" vibe is a thing...
At @cygnus and the proper course of action is never to violate the law "because Bobby got away with it," but to vote the bums out of office that let these kinds of things keep happening...and spare me the excuses on why that won't happen.
That engine is dead and buried. If they come out with any new V8, which is extremely unlikely, I suspect it will be smaller than that. European V8s are in the low 4L class, as that's the optimum size per cylinder. More likely this class of vehicle is going to have a turbo 4 or 6, like the GME...
Here's a great point. If you want to sell something and not have it cannibalize FS trucks too much, don't make it too attractive against just that one segment. It should be just big enough to do a high percentage of the job well enough, but not so many that it eats heavily into 1500's territory...
EPA regs and NA FMVSS may have something to do with it. NA/EU regs are more stringent than what is financially saleable would allow in the southern hemisphere other than most Commonwealth nations.
I don't think the problem is totally just people don't like "proper station wagons" as much as station wagon design not adapting, until SUVs came along and stopped being just what were barely distinguishable from hearses. LX Magnum may not have been a massive seller, but it sold well enough, and...
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