Comment by 20after4

Comment by 20after4 5 hours ago

3 replies

It's probably canceled, not only for reliability reasons. EVs and plugin hybrids are probably doomed, at least in the US: The EV tax credit subsidy is gone, fuel economy requirements will be or already have been eliminated, electricity prices climbing (my rate increased almost 50% on my most recent bill) and the Trump administration is extremely hostile towards anything related to renewable energy.

frumplestlatz an hour ago

Does the market actually want EVs and hybrids if they require subsidies and regulation to make significant market penetration?

  • willdr 44 minutes ago

    Unfortunately to survive the next few hundred years, we may need another dictator of human behaviour than what the market wants.

  • skywhopper 9 minutes ago

    A functioning market that priced in the externalities and future risks would far prefer them.