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This should come as no surprise. ICE vehicles (in the US) has an extremely large, stable infrastructure, economies of scale for parts/aftermarket/service, littl
by brodouevencode 3y ago
This should come as no surprise. ICE vehicles (in the US) has an extremely large, stable infrastructure, economies of scale for parts/aftermarket/service, little to no supply chain issues, and a sense of reliability (most cars just _work_). The economics of EVs just don't play out as well as ICE. While the charging network is expanding there are still not fast chargers on nearly every exit ramp on every interstate like there are gas stations. Then there's the cost of the vehicle which is super expensive compared to the most popular vehicles (pickups and wagons) factoring in all the other EV issues.
My 2 cents: we (the western economies) should have focused on hybrids first before jumping to EV. The fast push to EV was rather bold given hybrid tech works so well and uses the existing infrastructure. The push should have been much slower.
- harryquach 3y agoThe price of the actual vehicle needs to be heavily subsidized before mass adoption