Comment on Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs
pennomi@lemmy.world 2 days agoEven the cheap ones accelerate faster, ride smoother, and are quieter. You don’t have to get oil changes, and the brakes don’t wear down as fast. Plus I can recharge at home, which is loads cheaper than buying gasoline.
And this is all with a relatively ancient Nissan Leaf, the new vehicles are all far better.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My government just added a controversial extra tax on EVs because they tear up the roads and cause additional particles, because they are really heavy and most of them have a better than usual torque.
You can really see how road quality went to shit after EVs became mainstream.
Making batteries is also a really ugly business and far from environmental.
orclev@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That is not even remotely why they added a tax on EVs. The reason they added the extra tax is because they make a ton of money by taxing gas and as EVs are gaining popularity they’re starting to see their tax revenues plummet. There is a nugget of truth in that some of those tax revenues are used to pay for maintaining the roads and that EVs do still put wear and tear on the roads, but it’s not that they’re destroying roads any more than any other car does.
If you’re seeing a drop in road quality it’s because your government isn’t paying to have the roads maintained like they have in the past, not because there are more EVs driving around.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 day ago
*Puts on Rammstein - Amerika
BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 days ago
I live in an area where half the vehicles on the road are pickup trucks and giant SUV’S. A KIA EV2 isn’t doing any added harm to the roads here.
Grimy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I can’t find anything on such a tax?
I feel like there has been an uptick in pro oil bots in the past week. Oil is a pretty ugly business too? What is wrong with you people.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Bio gas and diesel is also renewable.
Grimy@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
If you are a moron, ya, it is.