But yeah, the EV revolution is a fact. For any country that has proper electric infrastructure and who doesn't have protections for legacy car manufacturers, EV's are cheaper and have lower operating/maintenance costs.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In Canada, the gas model is ~$20,000 the hybrid is ~$30,000 and the electric model is ~$40,000. I keep hearing that EVs are supposed to be cheaper, but I haven't seen it yet.

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Due to protection against cheap Chinese cars.

In China, you can get an EV below $10K.

For countries without domestic car manufacturers,.Chinese EV's are by far the cheapest cars to import.

[–] argon@lemmy.today 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It promotes investing into electric cars tight now. Without the bans, some investors might be hopeful to still profit beyond the 30s. But with the ban, it's clear for all investors to invest in electric cars.

[–] cron@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

True, but why set a limit in 30-40 years?

Thats a whole generation, most people that work today will be retired by then (hopefully).

30 to 40 years ago, lead-free fuel, catalytic converters, airbags, and ABS became more common and started to become standard.