China's Green Vehicle Roadmap 3.0: Targets over 80% NEV Penetration by 2040

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• dzonga 100 days ago
  For city vehicles - EVs are a game changer. Paired with Solar you're literally travelling for free.

  leave hydrocarbons for industrial power use cases.

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  • pstuart 100 days ago
    The advances in battery tech (e.g., CATL's fast charging batteries) should bring the refueling experience to parity with fossil fuels.
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    • lunias 100 days ago
      How about weight? My biggest gripe with electric vehicles is that they charge too slowly and weigh too much compared to their ICE counterparts.
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      • pstuart 100 days ago
        I can't speak to that but assume that will take a lot longer than fast charging.

        Weight may be an issue to you (and the roads) but I have to imagine most drivers don't care about that at all.

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        • lunias 99 days ago
          Weight also matters in shipping, no? Most shipping is run on fossil fuels. I think you're right that most drivers don't care about weight... it's a shame because it's basic physics.
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          • pstuart 98 days ago
            It absolute matters in many areas but I was nit picking on the issue of it being a direct concern to the consumer ;-)

            The elephant in the room of EVs is how to equitably pay for the roads once there's no gas tax. Fuel taxes are a reasonable mechanism today (the fuel you use, the more roads you use).