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When do you anticipate electric vehicles will become mainstream in your country?
by tonywastaken 6y ago
When do you anticipate electric vehicles will become mainstream in your country?
- CyberDildonics 6y agoElectric buses are mainstream in china.
- bigbubba 6y agoElectric buses are mainstream in America, they drive past my home a dozen times a day. Of course they pull their power from overhead powerlines, but I'd guess that makes them better at handling hills and has less downtime.
- tonywastaken 6y agoThat's a stretch. And China is 2nd world.
- CyberDildonics 6y agoWhy is it a stretch? I didn't say china was a third world country, but they do have 421,000 electric buses, which means that it is already a country where electric vehicles are mainstream. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-15/in-shift-to-electric-bus-it-s-china-ahead-of-u-s-421-000-to-300 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-15/in-shift-...
- renewiltord 6y agoMy brother lives in India and apparently there is a local brand of electric scooters. Very cool, imho. Lots of two wheelers in India, so it makes sense that happens first.
- mixedCase 6y agoWithin 5 to 15 years I would guess, depending on the moment cheaper batteries materialize at scale and/or the tax system either benefits EVs or penalizes ICEs. Taxis and buses are already starting to use EVs due to tax subsidies for businesses so we know that reducing taxes works, but even with our currently "slightly less statist than average" government that's a long shot for regular people to get the same benefits anytime soon. This is in Uruguay FWIW.