<div dir="auto">Some might find this recent EV article interesting:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2023/07/14/ev-sales-dropping-cox-automotive-says/70411020007/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2023/07/14/ev-sales-dropping-cox-automotive-says/70411020007/</a></div><br></div><div dir="auto">Dave</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 8:31 PM dave northrup <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




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<p>this report is from the electric vehicle association, hardly an unbiased organization</p>
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<div id="m_2667092760994797863divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Michael Marr <<a href="mailto:mmarr@albiontechnical.com" target="_blank">mmarr@albiontechnical.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 22, 2023 4:01 PM</font></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_2667092760994797863divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif" dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div id="m_2667092760994797863divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><br>
<b>To:</b> dave northrup<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Listers<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Future Triumph?</font>
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<div>Really?  What’s your source for that little nugget?
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jul 22, 2023, at 14:52, dave northrup <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" target="_blank">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Despite what the Biden administration wants, electric cars are a no go.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">EVs are piling up on dealer lots as consumers are correctly rejecting them</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 22, 2023 11:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mark Bradakis <<a href="mailto:mark@bradakis.com" target="_blank">mark@bradakis.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Listers <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Future Triumph?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Great to see & thanks for sharing the concept's evolution from Makkina with BMW.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Will be interesting to see if BMW hits to the e-go button.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Jul 22, 2023, 11:13 AM Mark Bradakis <<a href="mailto:mark@bradakis.com" target="_blank">mark@bradakis.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">First off, had a power outage yesterday that had the servers off the air
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for a few hours.  All is back again, bits should be flowing.<br>
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And what do you make of this concept car?  If you drink enough gin and <br>
tonics and squint just right, you might see the TR2/3 influence.  But <br>
those wheels!<br>
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<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-12298467/Triumph-TR25-electric-concept-unveiled-iconic-British-brand-returning.html?ico=mol_desktop_moneycars" target="_blank">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-12298467/Triumph-TR25-electric-concept-unveiled-iconic-British-brand-returning.html?ico=mol_desktop_moneycars</a><br>
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