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Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by jeffw to c/technology

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[–] Sam_Bass 29 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The cybertruck can go, sure, but let the rest be

[–] capital 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

You probably forgot about the Hummer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

wait they made an electric hummer?

edit: son of a gun

[–] capital 3 points 7 months ago

Unfortunately.

[–] Sam_Bass 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah i did heh.

[–] AA5B 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You could easily argue the Hummer is symbolic of the problem with legacy manufacturer’s attempts at EVs, or at least the most extreme

Rather than create an EV anyone can afford, rather than design a vehicle around the needs of an EV, rather than care about any sort of efficiency …. Take a monster of excess and just keep adding thousands of pounds of batteries until it works. And you end up with more of a monster of excess: excessive price, excessive consumption of batteries/materials, excessive weight. You have a vehicle designed for people who values excess, made it even more excessive and expensive, and try to sell it to customers in the name of efficiency and reduced pollution. Of course it won’t work.

[–] barsquid 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They can go whether the driver wants them to or not once the pedal is stuck down. (Unless they've been mildly dampened outside of car wash mode.)

[–] Sam_Bass 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Then by all means let them drive themselves right off a high cliff

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

While I like the idea, unfortuanlty, that is bad for the environment. We are better off driving them into recycling plants to put the battieires and other materials towards something useful.

[–] Sam_Bass 1 points 7 months ago

True. I was just thinking of the least expensive option