Electric boat maker shutters plant in WV

[Lou C]

With a stroke of the pen the inboard & I/o market was just about killed because certain regulators demanded over priced heat generators in your engine compartment that cost $5,000–$7,000 to replace so no one buys gas inboards or I/os here any more. I was at a Chapparal dealer on the south shore of Long Island and there were about 25 outboard boats in inventory and one (1) sterndrive. People know what that cat exhaust costs to fix & no one wants them

 

[rolmops]

With a stroke of the pen the inboard & I/o market was just about killed because certain regulators demanded over priced heat generators in your engine compartment that cost $5,000–$7,000 to replace so no one buys gas inboards or I/os here any more. I was at a Chapparal dealer on the south shore of Long Island and there were about 25 outboard boats in inventory and one (1) sterndrive. People know what that cat exhaust costs to fix & no one wants them

I/O engines have never been popular in salt water, mostly because manifolds and salt water do not go together well. So why put one in when outboards do not have the problem?

 

[racerone]

Wait till the big outboards have had some time on them in salt water.-----Those folks will simply buy new motors instead of seeking help in a poor folks forum ----Just my opinion.

 

[jlh3rd]

Absolutely none when they were getting started ,like the first 60-70 years . Gas stations were built privately, gas tax was used for road construction . When you bought a car ,the government didn't step in and give you a 7-10k rebate like they do with electric cars ,who are basically using the roads for free . Right now.,solar and wind projects are all subsided, and have a short life span before they need replacing.

yep, absolutely none. The oil industry was built on the backs of entrepreneurs...basically wildcatters. Oil was not the black gold it is today and investing in that new endeavor was risky at least.
Once the value became apparent, then, yeah, government wanted their hands in it.
But the government didn't establish or "invest" in gas stations, individuals did.
We wanted gas cars, not steam, not electric. There were choices early on.
No one came in and eliminated the choices, consumers did.

 

[jbcurt00]

Locked.