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Like really, am a European but feels like this is just "giving up"
Also I'm curious how this will play out with the huge economic disparity between the member states (eg Luxemburg vs Bulgaria). People can't afford new cars let alone new electronic cars.
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And a cheetah is faster than a tiger. Sorry, I don't understand your point if you have one.
Not going to take a train when I can take a plane (which is not crazy expensive anyway). And as you know, planes are pretty polluting. So not sure that ditching driving to your destination is a positive evolution.
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Because everyone will buy the 2035 equivalent of a new Tesla Model 3 instead of a used Nissan Leaf?
Whatever you buy, you better save up for a new battery. That's an issue with electric cars that has not really been solved, afaik. Most batteries will become useless at a rate that is not comparable to critical ICE engine parts, and they continue to be very expensive.
India and China: lmao thanks for the free money. Like really, am a European but feels like this is just "giving up" Also I'm curious how this will play out with the huge economic disparity between the member states (eg Luxemburg vs Bulgaria). People can't afford new cars let alone new electronic cars.
Curious what you mean by "giving up" though?
I'm seeing a lot of skepticism in the comments here, but electric cars are already superior to their combustion-driven ancestors in most ways. People want to buy them. (Sales are already limited by how fast car makers can increase manufacturing capacity.) What this will do is mostly limit how long car makers can milk their gas/diesel engine making capability.
People want to buy them, but can they afford them?
I'm seeing a lot of skepticism in the comments here, but electric cars are already superior to their combustion-driven ancestors in most ways. People want to buy them. (Sales are already limited by how fast car makers can increase manufacturing capacity.) What this will do is mostly limit how long car makers can milk their gas/diesel engine making capability.
Do you think there will be a ban on combustion engines completely in the future? Hearing the engine roar is something I will miss.
But look at the filth they created! [2] (The shafts of light show how smokey it is in there).
His hobby was travelling round the country to see old steam trains running on preserved/heritage railways. That's fine, and fans of ICE cars will probably be able to watch races, drive on private roads/racetracks etc.
[1] https://youtu.be/UwfM8SNoMtk?t=448
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Pancras_2_railway_stat...
Better than nothing, but the date is a bit far away if we want carbon neutrality before (or even around) 2050. Cars have fairly long service times. Hopefully the market will phase out ICEs earlier than that except for niche uses.
Way too rushed... I don't think there is a clear roadmap for how the required infrastructure and supply chain will work. Definitely no clear understanding on the environmental impact of EVs. Did some pushy Tesla sales reps took senior EU politicians for some cool test rides? Sounds very much like it.
We are not in a planned economy, we don't need a 10-year plan for building national supply chains. We have to make sure our electricity infrastructure can cope, everything else can be left up to the market. After all the investment to build a fast charger is easy if you have a guarantee that the number of customers will increase dramatically.
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I can't see if you are being sarcastic or not but this is definitely wrong. Burning gasoline to move a car is much more efficient than burning gasoline to produce electricity transported to a charger to charge a car to move a car.
You can check the numbers yourself on https://climobil.connecting-project.lu , comparing the ICE and BEV version of the same car (e.g. Volkswagen e-up offers both) and choosing the country where you would charge the vehicle. Poland seems the only country where the ICE comes out ahead I think. Note that this also includes the emissions for the battery production.
Also Latvia, Estonia and Malta. And Kentucky, West Virginia, Wyoming.
