boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoWhy Americans aren’t buying more EVsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down120
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minus-squareLordSingulothlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down6·8 days agoBecause the most environmentally friendly car, is the one you already own. Producing ev is heavy strain on the climate. This change won’t happen overnight. Ev needs to be better and cheaper if it wants to defeat the ice market.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoWe have to switch at some point. We can’t just keep making ICE cars and saying the next generation will be electric.
minus-squarebuzz86us@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-28 days agoIt already is better and cheaper, but we have regressive tariffs on the country producing them.
Because the most environmentally friendly car, is the one you already own.
Producing ev is heavy strain on the climate. This change won’t happen overnight.
Ev needs to be better and cheaper if it wants to defeat the ice market.
We have to switch at some point. We can’t just keep making ICE cars and saying the next generation will be electric.
It already is better and cheaper, but we have regressive tariffs on the country producing them.