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EVs are taking over the rest of the world much faster than the US (electrek.co)
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[–] TEC_XX@lemm.ee 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What's your point? If the countries are the size of one state, then why doesn't each state have a public transit network like each of the countries in Europe?

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Because GM tore it all down ages ago

[–] TEC_XX@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

I understand why, I was responding to his claim that the US is "too big" for transit.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago

Because a bulk of our tax dollars go to the federal government not the state and they don't have quite as many insane politicians who believe in shit like chemtrails and flat Earth.