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  • Europe doesn’t use dollars.
    by VCFundedGenYer
  • Maybe Trump is a secret green energy fan and figured the only way to convert the world was to shut off gulf production? Also Russian production is not doing well and the final step may be taking out North American production in the Canada wars.
    by tim333
  • The problem is not the chargers, for example in my country, we would need to double our energy production, transport capacity, to phase out fossil fuels. The costs would be enormous, double the infra work in the last 70 years.
    by deodorel
  • Not in rural Europe it isn't.

    There is still no widespread charging infra. Oh sure, there are chargers. If you're lucky and your town is on a state highway there might be one or two chargers in the entire town — their purpose being so visitors don't become stranded.

    Outside of cities, they are not there in sufficient quantity for widespread adoption.

    The apartment problem has not been solved either, and people do not have the time in their lives to dedicate to charging at a shared public charger.

    Europe still loves its compact manual transmission cars; but what we may see is a transition away from diesel to petrol vehicles strictly for cost reasons.

    by sippingabonedry
  • EVs plus charging with a grid powered by solar when the sun shines bright at midday is one of the most powerful forces in averting anthropogenic climate change.
    by blondie9x
  • I mean, I feel like even if petrol wasn't as expensive as it is, the sales would be booming anyway, maybe a sliver slower - for the simple reason that affordable EVs are now here and they are pretty damn good now. After years and years of lamenting "where are the EVs for your average Joe Smith" - they are now here. Funnily enough, they aren't made by Volkswagen or Peugeot, but they are here anyway. And Europe's cheapest new car - Dacia Spring - is an EV.
    by gambiting
  • In Netherlands you could also get paid for charging your car. There is such thing called ERE Certificates - emission reduction unit certificate is generated by offsetting emissions. Pollutters have to buy them to offset the harm. It's up to 0.1 euro per KWh (electricity costs 0.28 euro per KWh), depending on the demand.
    by zihotki
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