Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce Enough?

Re:Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce E... by toomuchtodo on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:03AM (#28275870)

Norway is awesome. Y’all could ban new fossil fuel vehicle sales tomorrow and it’s be a non issue.

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Re:Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce E... by DaiPlusPlus on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:10AM (#28275978)

Norway’s leading exports are fossil-fuel extraction.

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Re:Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce E... by tyfon on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:11AM (#28275988)

Well, 20% of new sales are still fossils so you'd have some grumpy men in the outskirts but I think that would be it.

Even in the most northern county (Finnmark) the new sales for EVs are approaching 50%.

I have two EVs myself, and going back would be a hassle. Imagine having to go to the gas station every time you need to "fill up" :)

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Re:Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce E... by oceanplexian on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:27AM (#28276261)

The tax rate on a new car in Norway is over 50%. So you can expect a compact gasoline car to cost almost double what it would be in the USA, while EVs are exempt from the taxes.

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Re:Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce E... by Filligree on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:17AM (#28276075)

I imagine you're not regularly driving 500km in a day. :/

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Re:Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce E... by tyfon on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:56AM (#28276753)

Not every day but once every two weeks I have a trip with about 500 km each way.

When I came home yesterday I had 4% left from 100% on my model x.

Still if I had to charge a bit it would have been included in my 20 minute "pee and hot dog break" on the trip.

The biggest issue I have with fast charging is that the car charges so fast I don't have time to eat properly.

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