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German economy minister presses EU for technology-neutral car policy (dpa-international.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/europe@feddit.org

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She said the commission should introduce more flexible carbon dioxide emission limits and adjustment mechanisms so that carmakers could help shape the industry's transition.

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[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

This always pisses me off. More than 10y ago everybody already said that electric vehicles would be the path forward and a necessary transition.

What did the European car makers do back then ? They said "oh you want EV ? Really?! We will make you an EV" and they all made shit like this: MIA

Toy looking ass plastic trashcans that don't even have heating inside and can't drive 50km on a good day.

Then they said: "we made your EV, no one is buying it ! People don't want EV !!!"

Then Tesla made a successful electric luxury car and they never quit whining and crying since then, and eventually dragged their feet into making a normal looking electric car. (Disclaimer: No endorsement for Tesla. Elon has always be a sociopathic PoS. This was very clear from very long ago, I didn't wait for the Nazi salute to hate him).

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[–] dreamless_day@feddit.org 1 point 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

European carmakers made the transition, it’s just that people in Europe didn’t buy as many electric cars as they predicted to. Porsche for example already had a 100% EV strategy, but backtracked as they didn’t sell enough.

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[–] leagman1@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

They didn't sell enough because of a mix of bad prestige of EVs, intentional and targeted misinformation by lobby groups and because of retarded prices.

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[–] JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

The thing about this is that Porsche is a brand for total asshole. You buy a Porsche if you want to drive unreasonably fast, drive loud, annoy other people and really use the road as your personal playground, because you are a rich asshole. Those people are not the perfect target group for EVs, but EVs are perfect cars for everyone else.

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