• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    “EV demand has declined considerably, due to the rollback of environmental regulations in the U.S. and other factors,” Honda said in a statement.

    We need an influx of affordable EVs to make it possible for car buyers to respond to the rising gas prices. The price threshold is still too high.

  • DisgruntledPelican@lemmy.world
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    When you are far behind on a technology, the least you can do is blocking every new project on this technology to ensure you will stay the last to adopt it. The next step is to be a crybaby and ask for money to stay on the market when everyone got the electric pace but Honda.

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    Gas is expensive and everyone wants cheap EVs. Gas come down when EVs gain traction, cycle repeats again. Nobody learns.

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      It’s expensive because some total pillock started a war for no reason at all, that disrupted supplies. It’s going to require a lot of people to buy EVs before dropping demand affects the price.