Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Only 1% of EV Drivers Would Go Back to a Gas Car* (cleantechnica.com)

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[–] ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I think ford forgot that Truck makers went big on chassis sizes is for the exemptions for fuel economy signed into law a decade ago.

They could have made a ford ranger EV that was normal truck size from the old days. They went against that because of mentality of current truck drivers. At the same time, the truck drivers who want EV trucks probably aren’t driving the 3 gpm monsters they sell today.

If you’re loud enough on social media, you might get your modest size EV truck in 3-5 years.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I mean, I can't get rid of my S10 because there's no new truck on the market today sufficiently small enough to allow me to compensate for my enormous penis.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

If someone made an ev kei truck that wasn't shit, I'd be so happy.

[–] Zorcron@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Ford made the much smaller Maverick truck starting in 2022. It was a hybrid, not an EV, but they definitely are looking into that market.

[–] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Elon Musk is doing everything possible to sabotage the world's transition to EVs.

In his new position as president Musk is looking to end funding for EVs and pivot his company to hydrogen fuel because they realized they can't maintain a fuel racket like with oil if they allow people to swap to EVs.

The real EV boom will be when China's EV prices start to beat American EV prices despite the 100% tariff.

Currently China is the only country who seems to be actually pusbing EVs in a practical way.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hopefully China will do something about the slave shops they call factories before they start making anything in Europe. A great fucking example of a worker's paradise.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh wow, moving from the tech that works to something Honda desperately tried and failed to make catch on. Good plan