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Ford CEO Warns Europe Its EV Rules Are “Risking the Future” of Its Own Carmakers (www.autoblog.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/54617060

Ford CEO Jim Farley is warning that Europe could undermine its own carmakers if it keeps setting ambitious EV rules and then backing away from them when buyers do not follow

That stop-start approach, he says, leaves automakers designing products and plants for targets that may not stick, all while dealing with tariffs, content rules and rising costs.

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[–] richardwonka@mas.to -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

@bassomitron
Blablabla. - you just want to be contrary without thinking too much, it seems?

Of course we are looking for better options. In what version of reality do you think we wouldn’t? Seriously. Just think for a second there.

If at this point you were to bring up fossil fuels, you would most definitely disqualify yourself from the discussion.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Being an asshole isn't conducive to constructive discussion, either. So, ironic for you to dismiss my opinion in such a haphazard way while ignoring what I'm actually saying.

Of course I am aware of the global effort to find better battery technologies. Yet, outside of sodium ion, everything is largely dependent on lithium ion. Lithium is extremely destructive to the local ecosystems it's mined from.

Lastly, where the fuck do you think the majority of electricity is being produced from in large swathes of the planet? Cars absolutely need to have zero emissions. But, transitioning literal billions of vehicles to EV in a short span of time (~10 years) would require an unfathomable amount of batteries.

The most ideal solution, of course, would invest much more effort into zero emissions mass public transit. But, again, where is all that money going to come from?

The obvious answer is that there is no obvious solution that the public will leap to embrace. And even if the masses do embrace it, they're still handicapped by their income.

So tell me, how the fuck are EVs going to solve the overall crisis that is climate change in a realistic time span at the current conversion rates, that also doesn't destroy ecosystems? Not to mention all the toxic battery waste when tens of thousands of EVs start being totaled/decommissioned once they're mass adopted.

These problems are nuanced and complicated, so I guess I grow tired of people like you finger wagging and acting like they fucking have all the answers.