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by SV_BubbleTime7 hours ago |
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upvoteby xp845 hours ago|
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Honestly, instead of subsidizing EVs themselves, the government should spend their money on initiatives that make them more attractive, and it should probably be carrots not sticks at this point, because a quick read of the room would indicate that most people reeeeally don’t want to feel bullied into buying an EV that doesn’t fit into their lifestyle.

Everybody who thinks that we need heavy-handed mandates and to fully eliminate ICE vehicles is just setting themselves up for disappointment.

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upvoteby NewJazz3 hours ago|
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The us govt literally tried carrots (tax credits) and now the new administration is threatening owners with sticks (absurdly high national registration fees).

Oh, and everyone who couldn't afford an EV complained about the subsidies.

The easiest way to make EVs more attractive is taxing carbon.

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upvoteby linksnapzz3 hours ago|
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The easiest way to make EVs more attractive is to have a battery w/ the power density of a 14-gallon stamped-steel tank filled with gasoline, at no more than 10% of the total BOM cost of the vehicle.
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upvoteby segfaultex2 hours ago|
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You think making the biggest breakthrough in battery tech is easier than monetary incentives?
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upvoteby linksnapzz2 hours ago|
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It's a difficult thing, but it's only one thing. Paying people to buy & drive cars that they'd otherwise wouldn't isn't a sustainable practice either.
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upvoteby Tostino1 hours ago|
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I need a freaking EV that's flat towable. Not a single one released so far has been able to do that.
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upvoteby dotancohen7 hours ago|
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And in the paragraph after that, the article makes its single reference to Elon Musk, calling him crazy. Completely out of place in the article. It's clear that both the sentence you quote and the following one are there for political purposes, and have nothing to do with the topic at hand. Would not surprise me to learn that the editor threw them in after the article was written - they just have nothing to do with the article.
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upvoteby shermantanktop7 hours ago|
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If Elon can’t be named without someone feeling the need to comment on his behavior, that’s mostly on him. His public persona has made a neutral reference to him into a possible implicit endorsement.

I agree the comment seemed out of place and I’m speculating about why they put it in, but that’s one reason I would do so. Someone who does a Nazi salute on TV with a bizarre smile on his face is not just another business guy.

Lee Iacocca didn’t get those comments.

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upvoteby SV_BubbleTime5 hours ago|
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>It's clear that both the sentence you quote and the following one are there for political purposes,

Yes. These people can literally not fucking help themselves.

I personally see it as a pettiness and weak character that they cannot let ideology drop from the foreground even for a second.

Again, I’m in this industry. There was a marketing push because they saw a way to easily sell new and second cars even to people it doesn’t work for. Marketing pushed so hard that there’s an equal pushback from reality.

Nothing to do with Elon or Trump.

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