• Blaubarschmann@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Yeah that may be. Another reason could be that they just don’t care what technology will be used in 2035, they just NOW want to get people’s votes and thus try to please them with these decisions and take away the common (but irrational) fear that people cannot drive their beloved combustion cars in the future. Doesn’t matter if electric cars will be cheaper and better by then through market mechanisms alone despite any regulatory requirements. But right now, conservative voters don’t want a ban on IC cars, so this is what conservative parties decide

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      2 months ago

      But right now, conservative voters don’t want a ban on IC cars, so this is what conservative parties decide

      Yet the same conservatives advocated for EVs a decade ago… until they started to take off. Then the same ones where actually the source of those anti-EV sentiments being spread everywhere.

      So, no… they don’t do what the voters want. They intentionally and very obviously manipulated voters into wanting this.