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They got outvoted.

EV sales will rocket now, as the combination of high fuel prices, a large supply of cheaper Chinese EV's, and ever-improving batteries and range make them a no-brainer. If you want an IC-engine Toyota, Toyota have "major supply constraints", and you're usually on a wait-list for a new one. But the Chinese keep shipping in cars by the shipload, and you have instant availability of any model, colour or options. There are holding yards full of Chinese EV's.

A US gallon is smaller than an Imperial one. But THEY get fuel cheap. That's why they drive giant "Heaps of Gleaming Chrome" Cars with Truck sized Motors in them and won't go around corners fast. Leather seats though. Lots of hamburgers help that. Nev

You have to feel sorry for the Yanks. Their fuel price is now about $US 4.00 per US gallon. There are 3.78541 litres per US gallon. That puts their price at $US 1.06 per litre. Currently $US 1.06 = $AUD 1.50.

Diesel is $2.80 here this morning, about 40 cents dearer than unleaded.

This fuel situation might motivate more people to go Electric. Get in early to beat the rush and Price gouging. OR Buy a few so you can sell at a BIG profit. Nev

But they'd have bullet holes in them, and no Chinese people would be allowed in to work there, these days. Nev

That's HOW they got Al Capone. Nev

Pretty sure it covers the rider(s) injuries . Special vehicles is a Permit scheme. Limited No of days/year and you have to be a financial member of a Permit scheme Club, or it becomes invalid. It's not transferable when the vehicle is sold . You can't just "permit" any old thing either and you keep and fill in a "Logbook" and carry it with you. Nev

Cosy then ? Nev

Brace yourself Marty. Tas rego on motorcycle >125cc .... $792 About $100 dearer than a car.

No Marty. That was just the re registration. Previously paid $100 stamp duty and transfer of rego. I am looking into Special Interest registration to keep the cost more reasonable.

Since when do the ATO go after the big fish?

Peter, that seems high. I registered mine last year and can't remember it costing more than the car. Does that include stamp duty on the purchase cost?

The ATO might have bigger fish to fry.

BYD has finished their factory in Brazil. For the local market. It saves 25 days shipping time from China. Last month marked the first time BYD sold more cars abroad than in China. BYD sold 89,590 cars in China and 100,600 overseas. Note that last year the same company got into legal strife for slavery. "Brazilian labor inspectors rescued 163 Chinese workers from the plant’s construction site, accusing their employer, a subsidiary of BYD, of subjecting them to conditions analogous to slavery." Wouldn't have been a problem if they set up in Texas!

Yes, it does include 3rd party injury insurance. Note that doesn't cover the rider though.

Doesn't registration in Australian states also include 3rd party insurance? It doesn't here, but as they give electic motorcycles free registration, then give ICE ones are lighter and have less impact, there is a movement pressuring the guvmint to remove registration fees (officially called Vehicle Excise Duty) for ICE motorcycles. With the amount of potholes here, I would suggest that they pay us to repair our bikes riding on thir shippy roads.

Lots of accidents. Nev

My Gripe.... I just re regustered a motorcycle. Cost? $750 p.a. Why does it cost that much? How much pavement do you think it wears out every year?

Trump doesn't know the difference between "incursion" and "excursion". He has referred to his war on Iran as a "military excursion". Cambridge Dictionary defines "excursion" as a short trip usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people: My class is going on an excursion to Niagara Falls. The definition of excursion is a sudden and unwanted entrance to a place or area controlled by others, esp. in a military attack Some officials in the White House said that they are afraid to correct the president on his gaffe, and others said a correction wouldn’t even matter.

You may be right - or it may have ended up in the same outcome. For us to come up with a hunch, we take inputs, compare them to what we would expect, and arrive at a hunch. It is quite possible and AI could have come up with the same outcome if it were pure AI and not just a discrete program directed to retaliate on identifying a missile launch. In fact, you could argue if it wasn't Petrov on duty, but some other commander, we would unlikely be reading this today, as well.

If there is a country in the World that needs a regime change, it's the USA. Unfortunately, replacng the Republicans with the Democrats will not change the American culture which is the source of the problem.

My daughter is a CPA. She'll protect her dear ol' dad.