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The Union of Concerned Scientists claimed recently that this push for lighter regulations was the root cause if the flurry of stories about how hard legacy auto
by ZeroGravitas 3y ago
The Union of Concerned Scientists claimed recently that this push for lighter regulations was the root cause if the flurry of stories about how hard legacy auto was finding it to sell EVs.
Of course all the stories framed it just as people not wanting EVs in general.
"Electric Vehicle Sales Continue to Grow, Despite What Some Automakers Are Saying"
https://blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmuth/electric-vehicle-sales-continue-to-grow-despite-what-some-automakers-are-saying/ https://blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmuth/electric-vehicle-sale...
> the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the process of setting regulations for future passenger vehicles—and casting doubt on EV sales is a tactic to push for weaker regulations.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoIndeed. Legacy auto can't sell their EVs, so they want to push back against EV mandates. More effort must go into ramping EV deployment rates to folks who will buy them, and destroying weak components in the petroleum supply chain.