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Biden Administration Is Said to Slow Early Stage of Shift to Electric Cars (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Biden Administration Is Said to Slow Early Stage of Shift to Electric Cars::The change to planned rules was an election-year concession to labor unions and auto executives, according to people familiar with the plan.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The electric grid will be ready when it needs to be ready. Power companies aren't going to just leave EVs on the table, even if they have to beg for money to upgrade.

There's a post around here somewhere about a Chinese (BYD) EV for $15,000. I didn't look at it, but that's going to be entry level with few bells/whistles. Still, that's cheaper than any US ICE vehicle I know of.

[–] SlopppyEngineer 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The electric grid will be ready when it needs to be ready

Indeed. If the grid could not expand and would be overloaded, it works also be impossible to add more houses, offices or businesses. But it's no problem building those and connecting them to the grid, but EV would blow every fuse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

With how Cheap solar energy and battery storage has been getting, as far as I'm concerned there's no reason that major developed countries can't start programs to install cheap solar panels on willing peoples yards/roofs/whatever, along with a battery storage container/wall to offset the strain of an EV

If the only thing standing in the way of something is "money", then it's a problem that humans are intentionally KEEPING a problem.

[–] dragontamer 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Solar/battery is not cheaper than natural-gas peaker plants yet, even today with all the cheapest Chinese panels with Chinese battery packs.

And natural gas home-heating is comparable to a natural-gas peaker feeding a heat pump in overall emissions. (!!!!), because capturing near 100% of the heating energy from natural gas is easier than turning natural gas to heat, turning heat into electricity, and then running electrical losses to a home.