Wired Magazine: You don't need a powerful EV anyway
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I fucking called this, years ago.
You lure idiots in with comparable range. Then you tell them they don't actually need that, and shrink it, and shrink it, and shrink it. Boom, freedom of transportation, gone.
EVs were already a threat, since electricity is more centralized and harder to store than gasoline, and it takes longer to charge an EV than to fill up a tank. Even the EVs that were 'comparable' to a gas car gave the owner much less agency than the gas car would.
If I ever need to extend my range in my car I just fill up a couple of jerry cans and pop 'em in the trunk, not like I can just pop a few extra batteries in my Tesla when I need to travel outside of charging station range.
They weigh over a thousand pounds and have a tendency to turn into dirty bombs when improperly handled.
Actually, are we producing enough EVs?
They also cost $10k and not $20 empty.
Except that they're saying this now when most people don't have electric cars. All you have is California's mandate which is a pipe dream. I'm guessing the EPA will be how they try to force it on the whole country, so kneecapping that agency should be a priority.