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Originally Posted by Fuzz
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gre...lays-1.7314006
When I read stuff like this, it really confirms my position that handouts for EV's to wealthy people that can afford them has been the wrong tactic. Electrifying buses and things like delivery vehicles will have far more impact on CO2 emissions and air quality than passenger cars. That this bus funding challenge exists and is limiting their adoption is silly, while people making 200k a year get their hand outs to buy fancy cars. And ultimately school buses are bought with taxpayer dollars, so it's also far better value for taxpayers. I'll remember this every time a stinky diesel school bus dusts me on my bike. Dumb.
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I think that misses the actual way these things scale. I read somewhere that taxis and last mile delivery do like 40% or so of the total miles driven, but they only account for a very small sliver of actual vehicles. You simply cannot get cost down on manufacturing the vehicles by selling so few
Also, guess where the affordable second hand vehicles come from?