@scott @cstross There was a Jalopnik article stating...

There was a Jalopnik article stating that Toyota are laughing all the way to the bank as EVs aren't selling in the US but hybrids and PHEVs are super in-demand that got surfaced to me via various algorithms and seems to get quoted as inconvertible truth in comment threads. Wonder if its coincidence or part of an anti EV push aiming to overturn or weaken the laws being considered to ban sales of fossil fuel vehicles around 2035?

Like 28 Oct 2023 at 22:32 | Wall-to-wall | Open on techhub.social

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Philippa Cowderoy

@RojCowles @scott @cstross I mean, right now it makes sense for those who can to hedge their bets re infrastructure, right?

That stops being the case in event of a ban on fossil fuel vehicles.

29 Oct 2023 at 9:48 | Open on types.pl

Morten Juhl-Johansen

@RojCowles @scott @cstross Europe is well-equipped with infrastructure, and that makes all the difference.
It is quite unproblematic going from Copenhagen to Paris and hitting a charger on the way where you take lunch or dinner.
I would imagine making any sort of framework across the US would be a real challenge. The individual states often seem more like very different countries than Europe does.

29 Oct 2023 at 9:50 | Open on mstdn.dk

Bjørn Stærk 🇳🇴

@RojCowles @scott @cstross
meanwhile, here in Norway, Volkswagen is just going to stop selling combustion engine cars at the end of the year, because nobody buys them any more.

a result of politics and infrastructure, of course, as has always been the case with cars

29 Oct 2023 at 9:53 | Open on snabelen.no

Morten Juhl-Johansen

@RojCowles @scott @cstross Sorry, that sounded like I shared that voiced EV pessimism - I don't at all. I just feel like the level of obstruction is much worse in the US.

29 Oct 2023 at 9:53 | Open on mstdn.dk