Re:China's EV Boom Threatens to Push Gasoline Demand Off a C...
by JumpCrisscross on Saturday November 30, 2024 @08:48PM
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> Meanwhile life is worse and more expensive in wealthy NA
Even in North America you’re seeing this bifurcating. I split time between New York City and a deep red and rural state. EVs are one of the weird commonalities between them. Not because of politics. But because I’m in a rich area in each.
> because it is so politically beholden to oil interests
Other than Exxon, Big Oil bet on renewables.
The answer is simpler: there was a messaging fuck-up and groundswell backlash from poor Americans being told they had to replace their cars at huge expense.
Even in North America you’re seeing this bifurcating. I split time between New York City and a deep red and rural state. EVs are one of the weird commonalities between them. Not because of politics. But because I’m in a rich area in each.
> because it is so politically beholden to oil interests
Other than Exxon, Big Oil bet on renewables.
The answer is simpler: there was a messaging fuck-up and groundswell backlash from poor Americans being told they had to replace their cars at huge expense.