Well those people who fell into the EV scam say this too. But that's the same bullshit than the man made climate change. This is a plot against poor people because with these rules they won't have the free choice of traveling. They can't afford buying one of those crazy expensive (Not green) EVs. Not to mention that even if they could buy one, it is impossible to make/charge all those EVs...
Discussion
I'm interested to read more about this point of view. Do you have any research/paper/article to share?
About which part? Around 15 years ago I dated with the daughter of a leading engineer at the local Nuclear power plant. Sundays at the lunch we talked a lot about the future of transportation and local energy grids. Then the EVs in my country literally not existed only the phev versions like the Toyota Prius. He told me that even if it will be cheaper to make and sell future EVs it will be impossible to have a mainstream adoption. Why? Simply because if the significant part of big cities will use EVs when they plug in those the electric lines in the ground will just burn out. They were planned 50-70 years ago where the EVs were nowhere. Changing these lines takes decades, but till today it not even started.
15 years ago it might have been truth.
Still I'm not supporting EVs, I'm against buying oil and depending from other countries.
I have money enough to have a car but I'm fine with public transportation. Most of the countries I know in Europe you can live perfectly without any car.
I'm interested in the "EV scam".
Your story is interesting but is one point of view, 15 years ago; and does not seem to prove the scam point.
I would like to read a research with little more data and deep analysis.
Time will tell who will be right. But you won't read any thoroughly made study from the opposite side because those are not getting funded by the governments. Same with food...
Ok but which are the "opposition" arguments? I'm really not informed about that. I'm not pro EV, but I think elettricy will naturally be a more manageable resource and perhaps even when produced by fossils this will permit a more green outcome.
EV cars cost more? Like any other technology before it become mass addopted. The cited law is about 2035!
I just wrote an opposite argument 2 posts before. If you don't believe in it talk with a proper electrician engineer. They will tell you what kind of cable is needed to charge just 100 EV cars. Where I live it will be needed hundreds of those. If you're interested in the EVs you need to do your own research because no government will fund it. Let's not forget the child labor and the extra pollution/energy for making those metals too... Oh yes, it is in the far Africa...
You cited the opinion by one engineer, 15 yers old. I don't doubt his professionalism but it however a single point of view about what is a mere technical difficulty about move to EV. Call EV a "scam" implies your are demonizing all the people and the ideas about it, that is quite bold. It surely has his problems, like organize the distribution, the productive process and the wasting management, but they are not so different from the tecnology we use daily. I would try to have a more positive, even if critic, attitude. I will search and read more about this, thanks for the hint!
Note: I own a petrol car and I'm not in hurry to buy an EV. If I could I would move only by bicycle and public transports :)
I'm not talking about wasting less or more energy I'm just saying that it makes sense for European countries to stop depending on oil, diesel or whatever. To be less dependent in terms of economy. Look what happened with the gas prices, inflation is huge right now
Well for me it's not about climate change. I see that it's nice to not depend on resources your country doesn't have (petroleum), so economically speaking eletrc cars are a good strategy.
About those cars being expensive I think rich people (who want to have a car) can pay so that's fine. But for public transportation (trains powered by energy) we must have a better price / subsidy