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Should the government build a network of electric vehicle charging stations?

In 2022 the European Union, Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. state of California approved regulations banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and trucks by 2035. Plug-in hybrids, full electrics and hydrogen cell vehicles would all count toward the zero-emission targets, though auto makers will only be able to use plug-in hybrids to meet 20% of the overall requirement. The regulation will impact only new-vehicle sales and affects only manufacturers, not dealerships. Traditional internal-combustion vehicles will still be legal to own and drive after 2035, and new models can still be sold until 2035. Volkswagen and Toyota have said they aim to sell only zero-emission cars in Europe by that time.

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17%
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79%
Yes
11%
No
4%
Yes, but only if they use renewable energy sources
4%
No, and we should be focusing more on improving public transportation
2%
No, and I am skeptical about the viability of electric vehicles
1%
No, provide subsidies to private companies that compete to build the best network instead

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 @9ZMM8LLanswered…3 days3D

Yes, but also provide full funding for home chargers to each person/household with the purchase of their first electric vehicle.

  @happy_voteranswered…7 days7D

No

The Government should advocate and incentivise the use of EVs over ICEs, but building a charging network - no. When it becomes economically viable, existing companies in the energy & EV market will build out these networks - but this will require the tipping point for EV adoption to be reached.

Given the fiasco of the children's hospital, I would also argue there is absolutely no way that the Government can be trusted with a project of this scale.

Additionally, if the Government builds out this charging network, I have no doubt there will be cronyism (the appointment of friends and associates to positions of authority, without proper regard to their qualifications) when it comes to who profits from use of the network.

 @9ZCTZV6answered…2wks2W

No, the use of electrical vehicles is still bad for the enviorment, and they are ethnically bad as they use rare metals for their batteries from countries like the Congo. We should be focusing on inventing more environmental and ethically friendly cars and transport.

 @9ZC7PL2answered…2wks2W

Yes, focused on providing affordable overnight AC charging for everyone

 @9ZBY3TCanswered…2wks2W

Only if we use renewable energy. Or focus more on improving public transport

 @9ZBPFFHanswered…2wks2W

Yes, to an extent, but public transport should be the number one priority.

 @9SWMJY6answered…3mos3MO

Electric vehicles are good for local pollution but add more demand to the electrical grid leading to more fossil fuel burning. Unless a drive is made towards making an EU wide nuclear electric grid the only potential alternative is using green energy to produce Hydrogen and introducing a drive towards Hydrogen power cars/buses/trains.

 @9NN42LJanswered…6mos6MO

Yes, but the focus should be on introducing electric vehicles for public transport.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…8mos8MO

California Sets A Nationwide Electric Vehicle Mandate

Where are the antitrust cops when you need them? Stellantis and California this week struck a deal to protect the state’s electric-vehicle mandate from future political and legal challenges. Here’s another illustration of collusion between big government and big business that hurts Americans.The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has banned the sale of new gas-powered cars in the state by 2035. Unlike Biden Administration officials, progressives in Sacramento are honest about their plan to phase-out gas-powered cars. EV sales will have to ramp up fast over the next decade, making up 51% of sales by 2028 and 100% by 2035.A Clean Air Act waiver from the Biden Environmental Protection Agency lets California impose its own greenhouse-gas emissions standards and other states to follow them. While California is waiting on the EPA to extend its waiver through 2035, its EV mandate is already creating headaches for car companies.Auto makers essentially hedged their regulatory risk, knowing Mr. Trump could lose re-election or that his Administration could lose its legal battle with California. Their hedge paid off when Mr. Biden won and restored California’s waiver. Other auto makers that didn’t cut deals with California now operate at a regulatory disadvantage.In any case, the biggest losers of this “partnership” with California will be Americans across the country who will have fewer gas-powered options. California is imposing its EV mandate nationwide by using regulation to take auto makers hostage. Mr. Newsom may not be running for President in November, but he already acts as if he governs the country.

 @ISIDEWITH submitted…7mos7MO

Political Divisions Damage U.S. Auto Industry

The U.S. auto industry needs regulatory certainty from politicians in Washington and the back and forth as the White House changes hands doesn't help, but the adoption rate of electric vehicles will continue to grow, Ford Motor's (F.N), opens new tab executive chairman Bill Ford said on Wednesday.The CEO of Ford said when he talks with politicians in Washington, he gets very different viewpoints from the two parties.He said Republicans question the need for EVs, saying the U.S. sector trails China and they don't want to use Chinese technology. Meanwhile, Democrats are pushing the industry to make more EVs and asking what they can do to accelerate the process.The Biden administration last month handed Detroit automakers a major win by easing proposed rules that would have forced them to scale back production of gas-guzzling vehicles or face billions of dollars in fines.Bill Ford said the transition to EVs will be gradual and determined by consumers. "We're not shoving anything down anybody's throat," he said.The growth rate on EV sales has slowed, but globally they are being adopted quickly and Ford will follow even as it hedges it bets with its gasoline-powered and hybrid electric vehicles, he said at a Detroit Free Press event outside Detroit.While not commenting on the race between U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and former president Donald Trump, a Republican, Bill Ford said he wishes the country would pick a path so the industry can plan better."Our planning timeframe is a lot longer than election cycles," he said."We can do almost anything as a company, and frankly as an industry, as long as we have some certainty towards where we're headed," Bill Ford added. "The problem is when we're whipsawed back and forth by politicians. We can't turn on a dime. Just pick a path and we'll go for it."Michigan is a key battleground state in the election this fall and both Biden and Trump have been speaking to voters, including many industry workers, about the challenges the U.S. auto sector faces. Trump has charged that Biden’s policies will kill auto jobs and aid China’s surging EV industry.Ford Motor on Tuesday resumed shipments of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup after an undisclosed quality issue led to a nine-week halt starting in February.Earlier this month, Ford cut prices of some Lightning variants by as much as $5,500, and it previously cut prices on its Mustang Mach-E electric SUV by up to $8,100 after sales fell.Also this month, Ford delayed the planned launches of three-row EVs in Canada and next-generation electric pickup truck built planned for production in Tennessee.Ford CEO Jim Farley has said the U.S. automaker was committed to scaling up its EV business profitably. It lost nearly $4.7 billion on its EV business in 2023 and projected it will lose $5 billion to $5.5 billion this year.

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