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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
I suppose one could make some short term money by making an EV → Hybrid conversion kit…
A nice, simple to fit combustion engine?
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.
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.
This feels like a tough one for betteridges law of headlines.
Tesla I’m sure will do fine. I’m not sure about the others who don’t have an in at the white house.
They have an in. A lot of them are already well established automotive companies who have a headstart on placement of bought politicians, and lobby groups. Tesla’s just happens to be more readily visible just now.
Just add a fake exhaust and something that makes a car noise and you’ll have him fooled.
Fine, burn it to to ground rebuild it with a fucking mandatory charging and payment standard from the beginning.
Another example, cars, even EVs are unsustainable.
But the battle for public transportation has been fought and lost already.
Yikes who would downvote this comment? Pretty gross how many people love cars more than humanity and the planet.
Yikes who would downvote this comment? Pretty gross how many people love cars more than humanity and the planet.
Well, I did, and its not because I love cars and hate humanity/the planet. Its that this is such an irrelevant comment on the topic and is just looking to derail and invite argument that you yourself are perpetuating with your Strawman you posted here. I don’t downvote because I disagree with an opinion. I downvote when the posts are actively working against topical conversation to the thread.
That poster did the equivalent of going into a thread about threats to livestock and said “everyone should be a vegan”.
Oh, I downvoted you too, BTW.
Pretty much. When all your freedoms are being taking away you have to cling to the few things you are allowed to, even if those things are part of the problem.
I downvote for terribad writing, but I seem to be alone in that.
