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That's an odd view, considering that the main problem with ICE vehicles was not that they failed to be efficient, reliable and cost effective. The problem was
by yongjik 3y ago
That's an odd view, considering that the main problem with ICE vehicles was not that they failed to be efficient, reliable and cost effective. The problem was that they spewed CO2, warming up the Earth, with disastrous consequences.
That's the chief problem EVs are trying to address, not reliability or cost.
- fakedang 3y ago> the main problem with ICE vehicles was not that they failed to be efficient, reliable and cost effective. The problem was that they spewed CO2, warming up the Earth, with disastrous consequences. The average consumer doesn't care about those things. She cares about whether her gas prices are cutting into her budget though, and that's the problem that EVs are solving for her.
- jdietrich 3y ago>The average consumer doesn't care about those things. Only because the externality is unpriced - we all have to bear the cost of her tailpipe emissions, whether we want to or not. In markets where fuel taxes are anywhere near the actual cost of the externality, EVs have a markedly lower TCO.