Can Trump Really Slam the Brakes on Electric Vehicles?
www.nytimes.com
He has vowed to shred President Biden’s E.V. policies and has threatened that “You won’t be able to sell those cars.”

While a Trump presidency couldn’t slam the brakes on the E.V. transition, it could throw enough sand in the gears to slow it down. And that might have significant consequences for the fight to stop global warming.

  • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    5 months ago

    That’s not even thinking about the mining required to make batteries, or the copper needed for the motors.

    Yeah, but… that stuff isn’t going away. In a couple decades when an EV’s worn out, all the materials will still be there ready for recycling. It’s not like coal and oil where we dig them up and then set them on fire and they’re gone.