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Yeah even today after several more decades of battery science we can just barely make an electric car economical. We still can't get one down to Camry prices.

• _red 7y ago
  Electric cars are really fun to drive from a sports perspective, its just a shame they have such huge carbon footprints. Singapore, who has some of best pollution regulations of any modern state, has rated electric cars as "super polluter" status.
  • ethbro 7y ago
    > Singapore, who has some of best pollution regulations of any modern state, has rated electric cars as "super polluter" status. Because they measure CO2 emission at the electrical generation point. Not Tesla's fault Singapore plants are almost 100% natural gas. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/electric-car-tesla-slapped-with-15000-tax-surcharge https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/electric-ca... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Singapore https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Singap...
    • tim333 7y ago
      Though in the future there are plans to run a cable to solar panels in Australia. (Slightly surprisingly - you'd think Malaysia was closer and sunny enough). https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/14/just-a-matter-of-when-the-20bn-plan-to-power-singapore-with-australian-solar https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/14/just-a-m...