jaykrown@lemmy.world to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 15 days agoThis is what it looks like to truly be one of the wealthiest countriesslrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down15
arrow-up1307arrow-down1external-linkThis is what it looks like to truly be one of the wealthiest countriesslrpnk.netjaykrown@lemmy.world to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squarejdr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·14 days ago Nothing was stopping other countries from doing the same thing. Except for having large quantities of oil, conveniently discovered after the country was stable and industrialized.
minus-squareNurgus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·14 days agoIndeed. It’s almost like my comment was aimed squarely at certain countries. My own UK and the USA being particularly in mind.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoFrance has very little oil and EV purchases this summer hit around 45%. So it’s doable. High oil prices helps ofc :-)
Except for having large quantities of oil, conveniently discovered after the country was stable and industrialized.
The US also has lots of oil
That is totally correct
Indeed. It’s almost like my comment was aimed squarely at certain countries. My own UK and the USA being particularly in mind.
France has very little oil and EV purchases this summer hit around 45%. So it’s doable. High oil prices helps ofc :-)