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>So to me it feels like those who use this as an opportunity to undermine EVs, aren't really helping. My position is a general anti-car position, with a partic
by occz 4y ago
>So to me it feels like those who use this as an opportunity to undermine EVs, aren't really helping.
My position is a general anti-car position, with a particular disdain for ICEs. See my other comments in the thread for my thinking on the way forward.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoI am also anti-car, but it's a better sales pitch to suggest that in dense urban areas, removing pollution, reducing carbon and avoiding congestion can be done hand in hand with the shift to EVs than set them as opposites. The extra leverage that urban traffic has to prioritise zero local emissions, lightweighting for pedestrian safety, vehicle redesign for visibility, silent operation, small vehicles for avoiding congestion (e.g. cycle couriers) is a lever to get general road transport and rural trucks to low emissions faster. It also lets more people into the cities (which is happening anyway but ICE vehicles are slowing it down)
- occz 4y agoI don't think we disagree, and I agree that I could probably refine my advocacy a bit.