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[–] HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

There's several big problems that impede adoption of electric cars, one being limits to battery technology (like winter performance, charging speeds, and mileage off a single charge). Although they have gotten better over the years, there's still more room for improvement. Another issue is that a sizeable chunk of the population lives in rural and remote areas, where the necessary infrastructure to support electric vehicles simply doesn't exist. But even in more urbanized areas like Southern Ontario, the network of charging stations for electric cars is not consistent enough for many people to switch. There's no excuse there - multiple Provincial governments failed to address this problem due to a lack of vision and forward thinking (or lobbying from automakers against green policies and infrastructure that hurt their bottom line), while most voters were too busy worrying about carbon footprints (corporate gaslighting) rather than discussing long term solutions.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

EVs are an inefficient solution for the ~85% of Canadians who live in urban areas. We need more investment in efficient solutions in areas like public transportation, active transportation, and liveable cities.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This will help with the externalities of cars too like massive parking lots, noise pollution, and urban sprawl which waste more resources and land

[–] HungryJerboa@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I agree with all of you, though the fight for expanded public transit will be even harder than that of electric cars (just look at Toronto's light rail/subway woes)

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