I’d actually rather they make electric vehicles more attractive than just ban combustion engines. People are moving over anyway, it’d be better if people were excited about changing instead of bitter.
Except combustion engines aren’t being banned. That’s just the usual framing to incite people. People will still be able to drive their beloved petrol burner after 2035, they just won’t be able to buy new ones. Emphasis on new because people will also still be able to buy used cars.
Heck, even that is partly misleading because the regulation only says that cars must not produce harmful exhaust. So if tomorrow some Egghead comes up with a petrol engine that doesn’t spout CO2 and other nasty things, it would be perfectly legal.
In my opinion the most crucial part is a public charging infrastructure. Yet, I have not seen big news about a huge EU initiative to foster the development of one.
Charging infrastructure is mostly OK here in Germany. There should be better regulation on pricing which is pretty wild west right now. But basically, it’s not really an issue. The main problem with EV adoption is the constant stream of pro fossil fuel propaganda which permeates pretty much all media. And then if course fuckers like this that are shilling for the fossil fuel industry. Electricification and renewable energy are not some woke fantasy, they’re a question of the survival of civilization as we know it. Anyone who actively works against that is an enemy of humanity.
Infrastructure on the Autobahn is pretty good but there are still huge blind spots in cities and especially towns, making adoption for anyone without a house and wallbox a challenge. I’m lucky so far to have found apartments with a charging spot nearby but had to filter out many otherwise great looking ones because of missing infrastructure. And yes even small towns have apartments for rent, but they almost always lack charging spots.
I’d actually rather they make electric vehicles more attractive than just ban combustion engines. People are moving over anyway, it’d be better if people were excited about changing instead of bitter.
Except combustion engines aren’t being banned. That’s just the usual framing to incite people. People will still be able to drive their beloved petrol burner after 2035, they just won’t be able to buy new ones. Emphasis on new because people will also still be able to buy used cars.
Heck, even that is partly misleading because the regulation only says that cars must not produce harmful exhaust. So if tomorrow some Egghead comes up with a petrol engine that doesn’t spout CO2 and other nasty things, it would be perfectly legal.
In my opinion the most crucial part is a public charging infrastructure. Yet, I have not seen big news about a huge EU initiative to foster the development of one.
Charging infrastructure is mostly OK here in Germany. There should be better regulation on pricing which is pretty wild west right now. But basically, it’s not really an issue. The main problem with EV adoption is the constant stream of pro fossil fuel propaganda which permeates pretty much all media. And then if course fuckers like this that are shilling for the fossil fuel industry. Electricification and renewable energy are not some woke fantasy, they’re a question of the survival of civilization as we know it. Anyone who actively works against that is an enemy of humanity.
Infrastructure on the Autobahn is pretty good but there are still huge blind spots in cities and especially towns, making adoption for anyone without a house and wallbox a challenge. I’m lucky so far to have found apartments with a charging spot nearby but had to filter out many otherwise great looking ones because of missing infrastructure. And yes even small towns have apartments for rent, but they almost always lack charging spots.