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The EV push makes so much more sense for China than it does in the US. The warm climate leads to better battery performance. The availability of HSR means that
by screye 3y ago
The EV push makes so much more sense for China than it does in the US.
The warm climate leads to better battery performance. The availability of HSR means that cars aren't needed for road trips, subverting the need for range. The money saved on gas makes sense as gas is expensive and all the components are (electronics, silicon, battery tech) is available in house.
Tesla was always going to have an uphill battle.
- aurareturn 3y agoI have a conspiracy theory that because the US is the world's #1 oil producer, it fights as hard as it can to stay on ICE for as long as it can. For example, lobbying, lack of motivation to build out charging infrastructure, etc.
- acdha 3y agoThe climate is a non-issue for almost all Americans. I think your point about HSR is more important because it’s really saying that the entire country isn’t designed around individual people driving everywhere all the time, and that’s the problem the United States has in so many forms: housing is spread out and often intentionally bad for transit, transit and bike infrastructure is terrible because most funding was used to subsidize private car travel for most of a century, people have car parking because they’re required to pay for it anyway, etc. Gas prices going up could change that but it’d be hard on many people to the point that elections are lost.