Comment on Canada to announce all new cars must be zero emissions by 2035

• GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve commented on this before, though I couldn’t find it to plagiarise myself.

  Ford puma ICE: 1280KG
  Nissan leaf BEV: 1580KG Ford F150: 2134 KG Range Rover: 2513KG

  Honestly, tax weight and emissions. Build the emissions tax into the fuel pump price and electric charging price.

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• sir_reginald@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I also advocate for smaller cars, but batteries are heavy as fuck. The same car just swapping the motor with a battery will be considerably heavier.

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  • yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Battery technology is impoving everyday, newer cars could easily have smaller batteries

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And they will. Why have a 600 mile battery? Your bladder won’t last that long on the highway. Have a 300-400 mile battery and cut the weight.

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• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Non-sequiter.

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  • maynarkh@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The spelling is non-sequitur. And it’s not that, the idea is that vehicles are already much heavier than they should be by use. For example a Tesla Model 3 is much lighter than the two most popular car models being sold in Canada, despite being an EV.

    By the way, the biggest contributors to road and tire wear are heavy freight trucks, so instead of jerking off about EVs vs non-EVs, maybe building a decent railway infrastructure would actually help on that front, while also removing some cars on long road trips from the roads.

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