All across the globe, they have put the brakes on the EV transition, with regulatory committees now allowing a more gradual transition. The electric-car transition unravels slowly, then all at once
does that mean c02 is not the existential threat we were lead to believe just a few years ago?!? who knew! ever since driving one of the very 1st plugins (chevy S10ev) in the 1990s - it was a no brainer plugins would be capable of being more efficient & cost effective. that should have been all that was necessary to move forward. no need to pepper a bunch of fear on top of that. .
That looks more foreign regulatory agencies acknowledging customers not adopting EVs as fast as regulators wanted, so adjusting targets to be less far ahead of market reality, not 'put[ting] the brakes on'. For the US, fallen Tesla sales would reflect customer dislike of Musk's antics this year, while Ford and GM's pullbacks could reflect the federal U-turn this year.
I was never a 'green' Prius owner either other than: Saving greenback Yankee dollars Cheaper to operate and lower lifetime costs I am too cheap to be "green" but by happy accident, fuel efficiency and home solar saves me a lot of money. For example: 1991 manual transmission Camry ~26 MPG -> 2019 Tesla Model 3 Std Rng Plus 133 MPGe Last Prius $18,300 trade-in reducing Tesla purchase to $24,000 2017 TSLA stock, no dividends -> 2024 Solar roof, reduced electric by ~$1,500/year 30% capital gains tax negated by 30% tax credit for solar roof The problem of "c02" has been known since the 1890s and has not changed. Venus is the best example of the worst case fate and was measured in the early 1960s. Ultimately, the Sun consumes our planet. In the meanwhile, our species deals with the effects of man-made global warming. At age 76, I'm interested but too cheap to care. My high efficiency, gas funace (plastic flue pipe) is keeping the winter cold at bay. I also have heat-pump water heater and dryer. Again, just to save my money, high efficiency saves my 'greenback yankee dollars.' Bob Wilson
