• rumba@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    China’s absolutely chock full of EVs. The Nordic countries are about to ban gas.

    There’s enough EVs out there right now that need the charging that with the rates go up they’ll still exist.

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      The Nordic countries are about to ban gas.

      No we are not. The 2025 100% ev target in norway was always a target, and there was never talks of a ban on ice. Were somewhere at around 95-100% new sales being evs but you can still buy ice and wont be prevented from doing so atleast in the forseeable future. Rest of the world just went on assuming that it was talk of a ban. Its not. Well probably follow suit with whatever eu is doing when it comes to actual bans.

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        Ah, I must have misunderstood when I read that Sweden was banning gas cars all together in Stockholm. Guess they’re just ahead a bit.

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      Yes, but this article is U.S. focused and highlighting the difficulties facing those companies specifically. It should really be titled to specify the U.S. charging industry.

      There is huge international momentum behind electrification and the impact of Trump’s policies will be to cede our technological competitiveness in both vehicles and charging to China.

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        My point is that charging is forging a head elsewhere in the world. Unless he figures out a way to make electric car charging illegal it will continue to surge here because there’s already enough electric on the road to necessitate it.

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          See: trains

          China and most European countries have high speed rail and well maintained networks.

          USA has: one chonky boy pulling like 256 cars on a wonky track

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            Love that analogy.

            I do worry your ‘256 cars’ is a little low.

            Source: I overlook some tracks near America, that currently carries lots of untariffed American stuff.

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      Agreed, a lot of the time I’m in need of a super charger, there’s a line to use it. The demand is there and it’s not like EV owners can easily switch back to gas

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            Yes. Great Scott! We shall mount it externally with wood screws and call it MrDifFusion but it’s really just a cheap genny from Home Depot, Marty.

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          Edison motors in Canada is getting ready to put out conversion kits for pickup trucks to convert to series hybrid (onboard generator, all electric drivetrain). It’s not for a short term profit, more for right to repair and a stance against planned obsolescence.