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Re:What Happened to EVs? by realusername on Thursday January 04, 2024 @03:08AM (#38864439)
That's because the American car market is pure nonsense, it's not a problem of EV.

My own electric car is close to half the weight of a petrol F150. So the F150 uses more petrol and wears more tire as well.

Those kind of massive cars are only needed for farmers and construction workers in the first place.

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Re:What Happened to EVs? by ProjectArcturis on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:51AM (#38867667)
And yet millions of people who don't work in those industries chose F150s. You can't solve the climate problem by telling people what they should want.
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Re:What Happened to EVs? by realusername on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:59AM (#38867768)
And yet that's exactly why they got this vehicle in the first place, because of some tax rebates on larger vehicles. Somebody else already chose it for them.

Pigouvian taxes also work in the car industry and this industry isn't that special.

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Re:What Happened to EVs? by jjav on Friday January 05, 2024 @07:27PM (#38886951)
> My own electric car is close to half the weight of a petrol F150.

Looking at the Ford website, a F-150 starts at just over 4000lb. So your EV is a bit over 2000lb? Which one is it?

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