Die Autowelt wird elektrisch, ohne Amerika.

Ford’s UEV platform is proof not all legacy OEMs are shitting the bed. Hopefully they start shipping them next year.

The Japanese lagged just as far behind. Now European car manufacturers are facing the existential threat of being priced out of their own turf by Chinese EVs

At this point the future of EVs is Chinese. They’ve weaponized their economy and are flooding the market to price out everyone else. Just like they did with steel production

And Canada it tied to this anchor.

Loving my EV right now. This car is so much easier and cheaper to take care of, and my fuel costs are a fraction of gasoline when comparing per-mile spend. I can’t imagine ever going back to burning dinosaurs to roll down the highway.

I’ve nearly ditched cars altogether. I still use mine for snowboarding, but luckily I was able to find a place to live that’s walkable, bikeable and has access to decent transit in the US.

The transportation independence is actually super nice, I can choose whichever option works best for a given trip.

Cool I don’t care tbh

> EVs also rely on high-efficiency motors built with rare-earth permanent magnets, the same materials that are essential to communications systems, consumer electronics, missile guidance, jet engines, and satellites. Today, China controls roughly 70 percent of rare earth mining and over 90 percent of processing capacity. Without a thriving domestic EV industry creating sustained demand, America lacks the economic incentive to build the processing facilities, magnet factories, and supply chains needed to reduce that dependence.

This is self-contradictory, all these industries need rare-earth, but only EV industry can create enough demand for rare-earth to sustain a domestic rare-earth industry? Also this author seems to forget all about the environmental impact of rare-earth production. China valued dominance of rare-earth industry over it’s environment. Can the West do that?

For people who live in cold regions: how does very cold weather affect range? Thats one of the reasons im hesitant to get an electric car in the future