Re:EU was set to ban internal combustion engine cars. Then G...
by esperent on Sunday March 26, 2023 @12:07PM
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Thank you for sharing this insight into the situation.
I wouldn't worry about it too much though (besides, if we all go around apologizing for our governments we'd never have time to do anything else). I read a convincing argument that even a small percentage of total car sales being electric, along with a fairly high degree of belief that they might be banned in the future, would be enough to drastically reduce the second hand market price for gas cars in a short time frame. And since a large amount of new car sales are the weirdos who feel like they have to buy a new car every year or two, part funded by the sale of their old one, this will have a snowball effect and make the adoption of electric cars rise at a huge rate within the next few years, regardless of legislation.
I wouldn't worry about it too much though (besides, if we all go around apologizing for our governments we'd never have time to do anything else). I read a convincing argument that even a small percentage of total car sales being electric, along with a fairly high degree of belief that they might be banned in the future, would be enough to drastically reduce the second hand market price for gas cars in a short time frame. And since a large amount of new car sales are the weirdos who feel like they have to buy a new car every year or two, part funded by the sale of their old one, this will have a snowball effect and make the adoption of electric cars rise at a huge rate within the next few years, regardless of legislation.