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In a ‘bone-headed’ move, the UK to roll back gas car phase-out and other net zero policies (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But it wouldn't be immediate even if was legislated, there is a timeline and all the manufacturers in the world would be competing to get in. Not every single car would change, some people will drive theirs into the ground and not everyone will buy new and some will make the decision not to buy at all. It's alarmist to just say that it's impossible when there are steps being made every day to make it a reality.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not every single car would change

Correct, just the new cars. And we don't have enough lithium for all new cars to be BEVs in the next several years. We are upping lithium processing, but it isn't fast enough for that aggressive of a timeline.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

And that is why most EV manufacturers are creating batteries that don't require lithium and other heavy metals.