booja@booja.ca to Canada · 1 year ago'Tall order to ask the average Canadian': EVs are twice as hard to sell todayfinancialpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down18
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minus-squareNik282000linkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoIf you want to get murdered by an SUV or pickup. There are very few places in Canada where you can safely commute by bike.
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoAnd fixing that is likely to do a lot more for the environment and people’s health than just converting from ICE to EVs and investing in more highways.
minus-squaresmall_crowlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoAnd, if anything, EV’s are more dangerous to cyclists. They’re significantly heavier and quieter.
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoAnd the trend of massive sized SUVs and high bumper heights will likely continue into EVs.
minus-squarefogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoadditionally, there are very few months it isn’t goddamn miserable cold to commute by bike
minus-squareNik282000linkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWhy Canadians can’t bike in the winter (but Finnish people can) https://youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU?si=o1roqDfZrEuiUjO-
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/Uhx-26GfCBU?si=o1roqDfZrEuiUjO- Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
If you want to get murdered by an SUV or pickup. There are very few places in Canada where you can safely commute by bike.
And fixing that is likely to do a lot more for the environment and people’s health than just converting from ICE to EVs and investing in more highways.
And, if anything, EV’s are more dangerous to cyclists. They’re significantly heavier and quieter.
And the trend of massive sized SUVs and high bumper heights will likely continue into EVs.
additionally, there are very few months it isn’t goddamn miserable cold to commute by bike
Why Canadians can’t bike in the winter (but Finnish people can)
https://youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU?si=o1roqDfZrEuiUjO-
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