• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      Biden Pushed for half of all new vehicles to be EV by 2030

      Biden admin invested billions into the construction of 37 stations with 226 EV charging ports across the USA

      Biden began steps to replace the entire federal vehicle fleet of 645,000 vehicles with electric

      But sure believe your magical fantasy where Joseph Biden presses a mysterious button which changes all of the prices on the market to whatever number he puts into the computer that controls all of America.

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        Setting a goal is a token gesture. We’d get there a lot faster with cheaper EVs, but that would piss off the oligopoly which have been sitting on their asses, keeping EVs expensive, and loading them up with dumb subscription services and other unappealing “features”. Japanese manufacturers kicked American manufacturers’ asses since the 70s and forced them to get better. The American oligopoly did not want that to happen again with China and Biden sided with the oligopoly, greatly delaying EV adoption.

        The charging stations are great. Too bad there won’t be as many EVs taking advantage of them since the EVs themselves are still too expensive.

        The federal vehicle fleet pales in comparison to the general population. Also:

        The president did not give a timeline for when this massive vehicle replacement goal will be implemented.

        Which is perfect since they can say they’re working towards it and when republicans inevitably get in, they can just stop/reverse it.

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          11 hours ago

          China is not a friend to anyone in this world, not even the citizens of China.

          While some very cheap EVs had to deal with Tariffs, the majority of the market stayed unchanged.

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            9 hours ago

            The US is not a friend to anyone in this world, not even the citizens of the US. You can see this in action as the US exploits people domestically and abroad in the name of profits. The US is the biggest bully in history and projects its power across the entire globe. That’s why they have military bases set up everywhere they can. They also use their economic might to force change they want to see. On the surface it looks voluntary, but if you reject the US’s offer, they will work endlessly to make your life hell.

            Climate change is a global existential crisis, we should be working together to solve it. We can’t afford to reject solutions just to continue propping up American power and profits.

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          11 hours ago

          Yeah but the Tariffs were only on the Chinese, honestly the already cheap and low value EVs, so the overall market wouldn’t fluctuate much.

          I really do believe you’re getting what you pay for when you invest in western EV markets instead of Hostile Foreign Dictatorship products.

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        14 hours ago

        Biden Pushed for half of all new vehicles to be EV by 2030

        “Push for” means “accomplish” to people who are fine without accomplishments.