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    271 month ago

    China’s absolutely chock full of EVs. The Nordic countries are about to ban gas.

    There’s enough EVs out there right now that need the charging that with the rates go up they’ll still exist.

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      1 month ago

      Yes, but this article is U.S. focused and highlighting the difficulties facing those companies specifically. It should really be titled to specify the U.S. charging industry.

      There is huge international momentum behind electrification and the impact of Trump’s policies will be to cede our technological competitiveness in both vehicles and charging to China.

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        61 month ago

        My point is that charging is forging a head elsewhere in the world. Unless he figures out a way to make electric car charging illegal it will continue to surge here because there’s already enough electric on the road to necessitate it.

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          71 month ago

          See: trains

          China and most European countries have high speed rail and well maintained networks.

          USA has: one chonky boy pulling like 256 cars on a wonky track

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            1 month ago

            Love that analogy.

            I do worry your ‘256 cars’ is a little low.

            Source: I overlook some tracks near America, which currently carries lots of untariffed American stuff.

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      81 month ago

      The Nordic countries are about to ban gas.

      No we are not. The 2025 100% ev target in norway was always a target, and there was never talks of a ban on ice. Were somewhere at around 95-100% new sales being evs but you can still buy ice and wont be prevented from doing so atleast in the forseeable future. Rest of the world just went on assuming that it was talk of a ban. Its not. Well probably follow suit with whatever eu is doing when it comes to actual bans.

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        11 month ago

        Ah, I must have misunderstood when I read that Sweden was banning gas cars all together in Stockholm. Guess they’re just ahead a bit.

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      51 month ago

      Agreed, a lot of the time I’m in need of a super charger, there’s a line to use it. The demand is there and it’s not like EV owners can easily switch back to gas

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        21 month ago

        I suppose one could make some short term money by making an EV → Hybrid conversion kit…

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            31 month ago

            Yes. Great Scott! We shall mount it externally with wood screws and call it MrDifFusion but it’s really just a cheap genny from Home Depot, Marty.

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          Edison motors in Canada is getting ready to put out conversion kits for pickup trucks to convert to series hybrid (onboard generator, all electric drivetrain). It’s not for a short term profit, more for right to repair and a stance against planned obsolescence.