With interest – and participation – in auto shows waning as of late, it wasn’t terribly surprising to learn that Ford didn’t bother to reveal any new or refreshed models at the 2024 New York Auto Show, while Lincoln didn’t even participate at all. However, those that attended the prestigious, long-running event did wind up seeing a different sort of spectacle – one that wasn’t exactly on the official docket – as a group of climate protestors interrupted the proceedings, with one of them dumping oil on the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear EV demonstrator.
The entire incident was caught on camera, and began when protestors from a group called the Extinction Rebellion walked in front of the Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear as it was driving onto the stage. A man proceeded to apologize for the interruption, saying that “this is an emergency – a climate emergency. Our love of cars is killing us, it is killing the earth. Electric vehicles will not save us…there are no cars on a dead planet. We need to change…there’s another way.”
At the same time, the protestor began to dump what appears to be oil on the ground in front of the Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear, at least until officials pulled him away. However, shortly thereafter, another protestor appeared and poured oil directly onto the hood of the EV pickup, though he and his cohort were quickly removed from the scene as well.
According to CBS News, this group – which just interrupted a Broadway play dubbed “An Enemy of the People” last week – are protesting the negative environmental impact caused by the mining of raw materials used in the construction of electric vehicles. It’s unclear what happened to the protestors following this incident, but none were arrested after they interrupted the aforementioned play a few days ago.
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So the punk protests vehicles in general by dumping that which he hates the most – oil – on the ground, adding pollution by his own hand. He says electric vehicles aren’t the answer, that there is a better way. Ok, Einstein… how about SHOWING us the way, and while you’re at it, get rich off of your brilliant idea, in the best capitalist tradition.
Punks.
Haven’t figured out the advantage in an electric car yet. What about the fumes batteries emit when used. How are we going to get all the electricity to charge them when everyone has one. Heck we can’t even produce enough energy now to keep ac going. Are all the fire departments going to revamp to put out lithium fires when the fools start playing bumper tag with each other. Where are all the worn out batteries going to be disposed of? We need solutions granted just not sold on electric cars as is.
Lithium batteries do not produce fumes when being charged. Lead Acid batteries do, and those are not used in EVs
Now that I have the time to comment properly. So much fear and ignorance here from watching right wing propaganda.
1.) Lithium batteries do not produce fumes when being used. Lead Acid batteries do, and they don’t use those in EVs.
2.) The grid isn’t static, and capacity is always being added to it. I read that putting AC in houses required a 60% increase in grid capacity. EVs will only need a 30% increase, max
3.) Worn out batteries (ones that reach 80% of their original capacity) get recycled into secondary energy storage, and once they can no longer hold a charge, are recycled for their valuable materials (Redwood Materials, is one company doing so, for example)
Dude is this bait?
1. No one cares about fumes. Your standard plastic interior in ALL cars off gas more than you realize.
2. I can’t find you figures but it would be impossible for the grid to cope if everyone switched to an ev (not that they could).
3. Worn out batteries are a HUGE environmental problem that risk fires in land fills (already a problem with lithium), not to mention the toxic waste pollution that filters into the soil and water supply. We are not even close to handling this as is.
3. You all seem to forget that an ev has a much higher carbon footprint that takes around 80-100k miles driven to offset the difference from a standard ice car. Not to mention batteries have never lasted that long either.
Get a hybrid and or even an ebike but don’t kid yourself. EVs are not earth friendly currently. They cause more pollution than just driving a regular old car.
The only thing worse than right-wing propaganda is left-wing mandates and ignorance.
Let’s see…changed to EVs because of the lunatic fringe, and they don’t like them any more than the ICE vehicles that still are popular. Apparently they are hoping for vehicles powered by magic beans. Wonder if any of these demonstrators owns a vehicle
They want us to go back to a time befor technology, and there were less than a billion humans on earth.
Wow!! Let us pollute while protesting an EV Truck?? A real Conehead!!
Really looks like he made an impact. 🤦🏽
“You should be in jail.” Haha, for what?
That guy will be the only one in jail, how embarrassing.
These people should have their a$$es kicked.
I agree with Tigger, he needs a good serving of ld fashioned whoop @ss or just removed from the gene pool
Dunk this moron in a bathtub full of used oil and then escort him to jail. These morons that believe the climate hysteria aren’t students of science or meteorological history. In the 70’s the hysterics were over a soon to be coming ice age. The current version of climate hysteria is just as invalid.
Grow up ladies, the guy was just making a point, and he didn’t hurt anyone. “And Yes,” I own a 2021 F150 ICE and I love It, but I also love clean air “when I can get it,” free speech, freedom off expression, and not only when I agree with such actions.
Wow he didn’t harm anyone. How about the one that painted that vehicle. Oh wait we can’t paint them either because guess what? That adds to the OZone problem. Get a life. I would expect to have my a hole kicked in I did that to anyone anywhere. How can you expect to be so freaking rude to do something like that. I don’t care if it was the other way around. For you to agree with what they did is pathetic.
So if I am pissed off with the way my local school or city is run it is okay if I spray paint the building or bust out a few windows?
Uhhhh hello his point is that EV isn’t any better than a regular car because all the lithium and copper it takes to run those cars with their 20some batteries it takes to run them and ur actually carving out half a mountain somewhere in a mine in az,Utah,Nevada,new Mexico or some where in a impoverished country to get these greedy tycoons what they want more money. Not caring what they do to the environment and water supply.
Well said.. hopefully mineral sourcing can be done smartly with a lot of recycling of the active battery materials but but if done wrong it could be just as bad as fossil fuel sourcing..
Time to get with news.
1).China has over 100 electric car companies.
2). Already developed and coming to market in 2025, solid state battery
3). Total game changer, will be in tablets, smart phones, and electric cars.
4). Recharge in 12 to 18 minutes, no fumes, not effected by heat or cold.
5). Less impact than oil changes & gasoline on environment.
And will not sell because most do not want an electric vehicle.
They do want EVs, just cheaper ones (the Model 3 is about the same price as a Toyota Camry, and has outsold it)