Great spectrum of topics being covered. I'll add my 2-cents.
1. RE: What women are attracted to.
The pecking order of animals with a social structure is most certainly one aspect. The below video explains that very well, but does NOT touch on mate selection, and you need to self-filter out the political aspect of topical news cycle.
Approx. 15 minutes long (but good) Feb 6, 2021
The Biology Of Blame by Howard Bloom
2. RE: SK Innovation batteries of S. Korea and LG Chem.
May 21, 2021
Ford Will Source F-150 Lightning Batteries in U.S. after Just Missing a Battery Trade War
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...-us-trade-war/
If I'm reading this article above correctly, Ford expects half of all F-150 sales to be electric by 2030, that's a huge change in the next decade but still behind what European manufactures are expected to achieve EV wise.
3. RE: Who decides what we drive...........................
May 30, 2019
It's True! Women Really Do Shop More ... for Cars
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennife...h=4b27675a3a0c
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Who runs the world? Girls. Who buys the cars? Women. Yes, women. In fact, women buy 62 percent of all new cars sold in the U.S. and influence more than 85 percent of all car purchases.
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The way I see this playing out is "
Honey - I'll let you have your big pickup truck, but only if it's an green EV".
6 Feb 2020
The eco gender gap: why is saving the planet seen as women’s work?
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...en-womens-work
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“Research suggests that women have higher levels of socialisation to care about others and be socially responsible, which then leads them to care about environmental problems and be willing to adopt environmental behaviours,” says Rachel Howell, a lecturer in sustainable development (a subject that is, she notes, studied overwhelmingly by women at undergraduate level) at the University of Edinburgh.
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