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Originally Posted by tbuck
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Originally Posted by chocstraw
I have a feeling that this newsom era policy won't stick, it feels like a political promise far enough outside of his legacy that it can be quietly undone. Considering that CARB was able to get pretty much every car in the US on its emissions guidelines, it's a substantial market share that won't be given up. We'll see.
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Another problem with these type of mandates is that they ignore the fact that there is no way that the underlying infrastructure, power plants and power transmission systems, are up for the massive increase in usage of electricity needed to charge the millions of cars a year that will be produced. Western states already have to deal with brown-outs so imagine if every car was also pulling juice off the grid. Pie in the sky, feel-good politics do not in fact have much to do with reality. No doubt an electric car in every garage will be a future reality, just not tomorrow, and not in 10 years either. |
All new cars sold in California being electric by 2030 doesn't put an electric car in every garage in ten years, just for people who buy new. I think California would find a way to start the storm for the transition if it wants to, it doesn't have to be perfect, policy in California doesn't have to be very good because it has jobs, good weather, and cool stuff. Anyway even if they kick the can down the road it's looming on the horizon. If you're a car company does it make sense to keep investing in NA V8 engines even if California delays, and maybe again delay, but maybe they don't.