OK for me the 80’s are way later, because the two were a threshold between two eras.
So to me 78 is way way later than 82. In the sense that that was the time things began to turn to shit politically.
We actually had a very popular song here in Denmark, about how buying a walk man made things sound like new your man.
Back then USA was kind of both cool but also something that we shouldn’t strive to copy.
The problem is that I had zero interest in anything like a walk man.
My interest was in big high power HiFi.

Oh the issue about the Walkman had nothing to do with price, I just didn’t like the format.

You are 100% correct that this is the general idea, the problem is that USA actually had a head start with Tesla, (as painful as it is to me to admit.)
Now the lack of competition will only result in the loss of the lead USA had until just a few years ago.
Of course Nazi Musk and Nazi Trump undermine American exports, and no amount of US tariffs can compensate for that.

It’s amazing how much batteries have decreased in price, we now not only have mid range cars that can be electric, the lower range sub compacts have been entering the EV market too.
Among all the shit happening today, this is actually a bright spot, making an EV more affordable to normal households.
Maybe except USA that is clearly behind now, despite Tesla was a major influence in the early days of EV.

OK thanks I guess, this is the least hostile response yet.

No the nation doesn’t, it just degrades into further noncompetitiveness, and increased consumer prices.

Ill forward you April Fools jokes all day if you’d like.

Apparently all talk, because you are backpedaling fast. I think you may have a short term memory problem.

This is actually one of the very few places that US tariffs make sense.

Not really if you want fair competition.

Admittedly I never had a walkman. Maybe you were more privileged than I was, because I remember batteries as very expensive.
But a walkman was way way later than the 70’s.,

OK IDK why you found that funny, usually a joke needs an element of surprise, since there was absolutely no surprise for me, I didn’t. Maybe it just requires to be less informed IDK???

Oh just doing the talk and not the walk, That figures from the content of your previous posts.

Nonono that is outright false, even 6 of the big D batteries, would last only a few hours in even a small ghetto blaster of the late 70’s. Radio yes, tape no. The tapes took massive amounts of power even in a small player for the time.
But apart from that all other uses of batteries were a pain, like in flashlights that weren’t even very good by today’s standards, or bicycle lights where batteries were a joke so we had to use dynamos.

Your memory is simply wrong. IDK if they have declined 99%, but for sure batteries today are both 10 times better and only a tenth the price compared to the 70’s.
Although they are just fake numbers that seem right, it actually fits with the 99%
Althoug 3 decades only brings us back to the mid 90’s, I think that at least in some cases it is true.

Batteries are way cheaper and better now, whether it’s 80% or 99% IDK, but for sure iẗ́s more than 80%.

North America has little competition because of the tariffs on everything not made in USA.
AFAIK Canada is getting out of that shadow. I read an article about a month ago, how Canadian imports were routed through USA, and that it stifled EV adoption in Canada.

You obviously weren’t buying batteries in the 70’s or the 80’s or the 90’s.
So my guess is that you are younger than 40.

OK, maybe there will be a nugget in there, challenge accepted.
Bonus points if some of them are actually funny, and not just stupid.

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What a completely moronic suggestion, how do you figure that makes any sense?
It’s like saying If you don’t like chicken, just stop eating.
I have no idea how it’s possible to be that stupid??? 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

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No this is too stupid, obviously it would be a major monopoly issue, and would never be allowed by authorities.
USA yes, because they effectively have zero monopoly control and consumer protection, but the rest of the world would not allow it.

It is not funny, and just a waste of space on my screen.

Oh boy this is why I hate most April fool jokes.
They are generally not funny, just stupid.

I had to use support for a product I bought recently (NRGi/Zaptec EV charger), 3 times I had to call them, and every time I got through within 2 minutes! And my issues were quickly fixed.