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Indeed: promote electric cars: it's fine if they will be massive, if consumers love them, why force them to do otherwise? Tax ICE powered SUVs and trucks heavil
by anovikov 11mo ago
Indeed: promote electric cars: it's fine if they will be massive, if consumers love them, why force them to do otherwise? Tax ICE powered SUVs and trucks heavily but spare electric ones and give people one more incentive to switch.
- Pet_Ant 11mo agoThe smaller the EV, the more efficient it becomes because it takes less battery, which means it's hauling less etc. What we need is to normalise small about-town cars for groceries, commuting, and dropping off kids. Something like an e-Citroen. For long-haul you still want ICE with hybrid.
- anovikov 11mo agoSounds like nice car marketing: sell everyone two cars instead of one. Efficiency doesn't matter much with EVs: only ~28% of power is produced with fossil fuels in EU and that's expected to further halve by 2030. There's enough fast chargers here in EU to travel any distance with an EV.
- triceratops 11mo ago> sell everyone two cars instead of one Not necessarily. You could rent a car for long-distance travel.
- SoftTalker 11mo agoRenting a car has become an absolute nightmare recently. They overbook and chances are good that when you go to pick up the car they won't have one, or at least not the model you reserved. This is especially so at times of high travel demand like holidays.
- jazzyjackson 11mo agoCrossing my fingers that Aptera ships.
- csb6 11mo agoLarger vehicles tend to have reduced visibility which can cause accidents, tend to more seriously injure pedestrians in accidents, and tend to wear down roads faster. If a government is taxing/restricting ICE vehicles to account for their negative externalities, then the same should be done for all larger vehicles, including large EVs.
- giraffe_lady 11mo agoLiving in a big city none of my practical problems with cars have that much to do with combustion really. I'm sure I would appreciate a lower particulate level or whatever but it's not the case that "at least it was electric" is consolation when another of my neighbors' children is killed in traffic.
- convenwis 11mo agoThe particulates from tires are pretty bad and EVs' weight makes their generation of particulates much worse.