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Originally Posted by Murf the Surf
I won't suggest EV's don't have a place in the market but typical of government pushing their agenda without actually thinking it all the way through. Something I learned a long time ago, it's easy to make policy and start the ball rolling when you know full well you won't be around to have to see it through.
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This is all true. Sometimes policy is needed to force an industry change. For example, the auto industry fought damn hard on catalytic converters and improving emissions, largely by way of wide-spread electronic fuel injection. The industry said that it wasn't cost effective, would increase the cost of cars dramatically, and would kill engine performance. Look at where things are now. You have ICE vehicles largely emitting next to nothing but water vapor now.
And yeah, politicians, especially those in CA, have no idea how much work it will take to make EVs for the masses a viable thing. They had to set an aggressive target date to get industry moving. The reality is that "2030" target date will be pushed back.
Many automakers went in head first in claiming that they'd soon be all electric. Now we're seeing that it's not feasible and many are backing out and revising their "all in" EV plans.