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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM's Ultium batteries.

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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Planning on a 1-to-1 swap between traditional cars and EVs is the crassest mistake. It would take a paradigm shift that emphasizes remote work, carpooling and carsharing in order to make private transportation really sustainable.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    EVs are here to save the car manufacturers, not the planet. Literally just a bandaid solution to kick the can of actually implementing the harder solutions that require some societal change down the road a few more years

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