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California first to make electric cars mandatory. Now ask owners not to charge

6 points by zekrioca 4y ago

upsidesinclude 4y ago
California
Trouble_007 4y ago
An odd chimera of contradictory statements? >Now it’s telling owners not to charge them >urged residents to avoid charging their electric vehicles over the long weekend, particularly from 4pm to 9pm. >while telling residents not to charge them >a briefing Wednesday, pleading with residents to reduce their consumption of electricity. >the car charging recommendation BY Alena Botros < Do Better!
tapoxi 4y ago
"during peak hours" Click bait.
codefreeordie 4y ago
Well, you may have noticed the strong desire to "eliminate car culture" or however it gets phrased these days. Step one: require everybody to use only electric cars Step two: no charging of electric cars Step three: look at that, no cars on the road.
michaelwww 4y ago
"New York first to make horse and buggy illegal on city roads, now ask car owners to cut back on driving due to a temporary gas shortage"
superchroma 4y ago
I don't understand why media does these hitpieces on progressive causes. Isn't walking away from ICE a good thing? Isn't improving the economies of scale for electric cars to push the technology a good thing? Of course there will be teething challenges, we have generations of technical debt to overcome. It's good that people are trying. Californians are wealthy, they'll sort out their power situation sooner or later.
- WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
  It's call click bait. Implying a controversy will always get people's attention. You and I both clicked on it. Yet, it turned out to be implied BS.
- kwertyoowiyop 4y ago
  This is Fortune, after all. It’s always been a right-wing conservative magazine.
  - superchroma 4y ago
    But it's just a bizarre take now. Manufacturers are going hard on electrification. Even Caterpillar is working on electrified mining vehicles. ICE is done, and, to me, the people who want to read this sort of take are not in the socioeconomic bracket that reads Fortune anyway.
    - kwertyoowiyop 4y ago
      They definitely are. Older rich people -- who like things the way they are -- has historically been Fortune's target audience.

6 points by zekrioca 4y ago

California

An odd chimera of contradictory statements? >Now it’s telling owners not to charge them >urged residents to avoid charging their electric vehicles over the long weekend, particularly from 4pm to 9pm. >while telling residents not to charge them >a briefing Wednesday, pleading with residents to reduce their consumption of electricity. >the car charging recommendation BY Alena Botros < Do Better!

tapoxi 4y ago

"during peak hours" Click bait.

codefreeordie 4y ago

Well, you may have noticed the strong desire to "eliminate car culture" or however it gets phrased these days. Step one: require everybody to use only electric cars Step two: no charging of electric cars Step three: look at that, no cars on the road.

michaelwww 4y ago

"New York first to make horse and buggy illegal on city roads, now ask car owners to cut back on driving due to a temporary gas shortage"

superchroma 4y ago

I don't understand why media does these hitpieces on progressive causes. Isn't walking away from ICE a good thing? Isn't improving the economies of scale for electric cars to push the technology a good thing? Of course there will be teething challenges, we have generations of technical debt to overcome. It's good that people are trying. Californians are wealthy, they'll sort out their power situation sooner or later.

WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
It's call click bait. Implying a controversy will always get people's attention. You and I both clicked on it. Yet, it turned out to be implied BS.
kwertyoowiyop 4y ago
This is Fortune, after all. It’s always been a right-wing conservative magazine.
- superchroma 4y ago
  But it's just a bizarre take now. Manufacturers are going hard on electrification. Even Caterpillar is working on electrified mining vehicles. ICE is done, and, to me, the people who want to read this sort of take are not in the socioeconomic bracket that reads Fortune anyway.
  - kwertyoowiyop 4y ago
    They definitely are. Older rich people -- who like things the way they are -- has historically been Fortune's target audience.