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Originally Posted by Azure
I disagree.
ICE restrictions should be put in place once there is a clear alternative.
There is still no clear alternative to a EV F-150 that people can purchase and actually get. Once there is, setup restrictions or subsidies to push people towards purchasing the EV instead of the ICE.
Many, many, many people use a truck for work stuff. Just because it annoys you that our neighbor has one to go to Banff in the summer doesn't mean every single truck owner is doing that, nor should they all be treated the same.
Also, why not force the manufactures, in this case Ford, to meet certain fuel efficiency standards? Its 2022. Why can't they do better?
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There are two ways to enact change here. Incentives and disincentives. People don't want to provide incentives to make people buy EVs. thats fine, but then there needs to be a disincentive. ICE restrictions.
An easy way to force businesses to meet standards is to change the standards. You can't sell ICE vehicles to retail consumers by XX date. Ford/GM etc. look at it and say, crap we need EV vehicles to meet our consumer base. They want trucks, lets give them electric trucks. They are doing that.
We all know there are two types of truck owners. I grew up on construction yards and know the value of a pickup. I have also spent the last 10 years downtown and know why people in Calgary drive pick ups.