boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhy Americans aren’t buying more EVsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1119
arrow-up1119external-linkWhy Americans aren’t buying more EVsarstechnica.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squareLordSinguloth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months 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-squarebuzz86us@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 months agoIt already is better and cheaper, but we have regressive tariffs on the country producing them.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoWe have to switch at some point. We can’t just keep making ICE cars and saying the next generation will be electric.
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.
It already is better and cheaper, but we have regressive tariffs on the country producing them.
We have to switch at some point. We can’t just keep making ICE cars and saying the next generation will be electric.