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Originally Posted by evanescent03
Sad times for car enthusiasts when Germany commits to no more combustion engines (move production to US???)... and not to mention the controversy surrounding the devastation caused by battery production .. will all of this actually help the world? *sigh*
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It's all about the perception of Eco-friendliness. Meanwhile most of the electric cars now are anything but eco friendly with high 0-60 performance as their cornerstone.
Consuming less energy, that is eco friendly. Instead we get high powered, expensive vehicles so rich people can avoid paying taxes on the cars and enjoy free charging that the poor people are subsidizing. Kind of like people flying in private jets to give speeches about climate change.
I'm not sure what the tax law in France is, but in Spain there is no car tax for electric cars. So you can buy your plaid mode Tesla without tax while the poor bastards buying 70hp diesels pay tax.