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Europe hits roadblocks in the race to switch to electric cars (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] farcaster@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Romania offers as much as €11,500 to people buying an electric vehicle.

Imagine if up to €11,500 per person could go to funding public transportation.

I like cars. They're useful, and EVs are probably the future. But directly subsidizing EVs seems somewhat wasteful. Makes as much sense to me as a tax break for buying a new iPhone.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's like 3 years of completely free public transport in Germany. Including all trains, metro etc.