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> intelligent investment I would not call highly disposable and cheap heavy duty vehicles an "intelligent investment." It's headline chasing and there's alway
by themafia 11mo ago
> intelligent investment
I would not call highly disposable and cheap heavy duty vehicles an "intelligent investment." It's headline chasing and there's always very little tying their touted efforts to any actual improvements in the environment our economic outcomes.
- cyberax 11mo agoWhy? Heavy duty trucks are often disposable, they wear out quickly. Mining trucks are probably the worst example.
- darkwater 11mo agoI would not know, here were I live I see most of the heavy duty trucks (owned by small companies at least) with 10-15+ years of service, looking at the license plates.
- cyberax 11mo agoThat depends on how you define "heavy duty". Cement trucks and dump trucks rarely last more than a few years before they need major repairs of transmission and suspension. The frame itself might last more, around 10 years.
- darkwater 11mo agoI define them as trucks that go and move/carry rocks, dirt, bricks, sand, heavy construction material around, generally to build houses. I'm in Europe, so houses are made of bricks and concrete.
- jonasdegendt 11mo agoI agree that mining is probably the worst of it, but trucks usually last a decade and a couple million kilometers, after which they’re shipped off to Africa or the Middle East where they’re kept on the road for much longer.
- seanmcdirmid 11mo agoChina imports most of its oil. With EVs China needs to import less oil, this works really well for their national security. Even if the environmental benefit was zero (and it isn’t), this would still be the best choice for them and much of the world that doesn’t produce much oil. It isn’t really complicated.
- euroderf 11mo agoYup, if Taiwan is attacked and the straits at Indonesia are denied to Chinese merchant vessels, every EV is a net plus for the wartime economy.