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Completely agree that dropping the tariffs on Chinese EVs instead would be the sensible move. Turning EVs into a culture war effigy was a horrible development f
by _23sd 2y ago
Completely agree that dropping the tariffs on Chinese EVs instead would be the sensible move. Turning EVs into a culture war effigy was a horrible development for the future of the planet when the right did it, and it's no different now that the left is getting in on it. We have a technology that would be a key part of switching to clean energy, and should be doing everything possible to embrace it, but the political class has turned it into a football for their culture war game instead. Depressing stuff.
- thijson 2y agoThat would be totally amazing for Canadians, they are facing rising prices in so many things. The Chinese cars are half the price. I saw that BYD expects to sell 100k vehicles into Mexico this year, that's double the 50k they sold last year. https://motorillustrated.com/byd-targets-100000-ev-sales-in-mexico-by-2025-with-new-factory-announcement-imminent/141562/ https://motorillustrated.com/byd-targets-100000-ev-sales-in-...
- theluketaylor 2y agoThe long range PHEVs china has been building would also be ideal for Canada. Plenty of daily range even in winter and no range or infrastructure anxiety when you need more distance.
- thijson 2y agoI've recently become aware of a distinction between PHEV and EREV. The PHEV doesn't have enough power alone in the electric motors to go pure EV all the time. There a mechanical transfer case where both ICE and electric motor combine their torque. The EREV is a serial combination, more like the Diesel electric trains in current use. Some examples of EREV's are the Volt, BMW i3, and the Ram charger coming out this year.
- theluketaylor 2y agoIncorrect. PHEV have plenty of motor power to go electric only for extended periods; the only limit is battery capacity. The key distinction is the plug in part of phev. Mild hybrids cannot go electric only Hybrids can go electric only for very short distance. PHEV can go electric long distance and use wall power. Most can mechanically couple the combustion engine to the wheels and do so in certain circumstances, like long distance highway use. EREV is an emerging term for vehicles that have a combustion engine not mechanically connected to the wheels that only drives a generator. BMW i3 is one of the oldest examples. Volt is not; it can put mechanical power to the road. Fun fact on i3. California zero emissions rules offered more credit for vehicles with more battery range than gas, so bmw artificially limited the tank using software for i3 sold in North America. Owners can flash the euro firmware to unlock physically present tank space as usable.
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- Marsymars 2y agoThe US isn’t allowing Canada to be on Team USA, so I’m not sure what you expect.
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- dang 2y agoPlease don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoRussia is a dictatorship and Putin needs to be replaced by a real democracy with freedoms for its people. But that has nothing to do with the discussion around Canada, US, and China. The conspiracy theory that Trump works for Putin just doesn’t make sense. It seems obvious that gestures towards Russia are just Trump bringing Russia to the table to settle the war and to pull them away from China after that.