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[Dormant] Electric Vehicles

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Earlier today, at Oakland, CA charging station.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Hard to fake emissions on an EV.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think the implication is that VW is untrustworthy due to their previous actions.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry, they threw a couple engineers under the bus

[–] HollandJim@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yea, people make assumptions all the time. But that headline is always a surprise for me.

[–] HollandJim@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

VW really seemed to want to clean house with that. I’ve an ID.3 1st and honestly it’s possibly the best car I’ve ever owned (and I’ve had VWs, BMW, Alfa, Ford, International Harvester (I’m old) and that EV is really great for the money.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And then plot twist: the car has advanced technology that uses the EV battery to scrape the asphalt and convert it to diesel. After that it burns it at 9 mpg.

[–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Unironically, EVs polluting would spur adoption. Can't 'roll coal' in a Prius.