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points by nextaccountic 1 day ago | 0 comments

EV beats ICE in isolation but without just as much charging stations as petrol stations the advantage is theoretical. Also you need faster charging too (I heard BYD latest tech can do this, can Tesla just license?)

A federal law could easily fix this though, but you would need an administration that cares about climate change or at least about EV

[–] kraig911 1 day ago

I think the whole thing about climate is kind of disingenuous but that's another topic. Mining the minerals for EV's is utter strip mining and terrible. China is selling it's future away. Look at the story of Mountain Pass Mine in California and do 20-50x that in China at less efficiency.