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WenA snapshot of why BMW are destined for a fall - having bet most other sock collection on slowing down a transition from combustion to electric vehicles. And the Chinese will continue to eat their lunch….<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EV</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CombustionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CombustionEngines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Canute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canute</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Blinkered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blinkered</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BMW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BMW</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b7c66816-d1c5-4da3-9fa0-6c59cccac081" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/b7c66816-d1c5-4da3-9fa0-6c59cccac081</a> (original)<a href="http://archive.today/2025.02.10-052217/https://www.ft.com/content/b7c66816-d1c5-4da3-9fa0-6c59cccac081" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://archive.today/2025.02.10-052217/https://www.ft.com/content/b7c66816-d1c5-4da3-9fa0-6c59cccac081</a> (archive)

ProScience<a href="https://toot.community/tags/fedipower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedipower</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/carefficiencyrules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carefficiencyrules</a> 3 questions to those w/ robust knowledge on the matter:On 01-Jan-2026, 🇨🇳 will implement much stricter car efficiency rules for <a href="https://toot.community/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cars</a>: <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CombustionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CombustionEngines</a>, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EVs</a>, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/hybrids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hybrids</a>.Cars that do not fulfill these can either not be registered or have to buy carbon credits.Q1: Is it true that next to no current US (incl Tesla), Japanese or European model fullfils these criteria?Q2: How expensive are these carbon credits?Q3: Is this limited to new cars?TIA

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://troet.cafe/@energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@energisch_</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/@wmd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wmd</a> <a href="https://gruene.social/@jon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jon</a> It is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FireSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FireSafety</a> thing:<ul><li>Unless <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FAA</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EASA</a> exempt <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LiFePO4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LiFePO4</a> chances are they'll continue with that rule...</li></ul>The only exemptions they do - for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LeadAcid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LeadAcid</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LithiumBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumBatteries</a> and even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CombustionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CombustionEngines</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fuel</a> - are (motorized) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wheelchairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wheelchairs</a>, tho said users face a whole stack of even worse <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a>, as I'm shure <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@RaulKrauthausen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RaulKrauthausen</a> et. al. can tell from personal experience.

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@release_candidate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@release_candidate</a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/@theluddite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@theluddite</a> Well, there are - guess how Austria, Switzerland and Norway make a shitton of money:<ul><li>By buying up cheap peak production power from Germany and then selling it back at high demand for a profit.</li></ul>Granted they do it with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HyroelectricStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HyroelectricStorage</a> for the most part but electric chemistry can also use that in order to provide renewable alternatives because as much as we don't want to admit it, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#batteries</a> ain't gonna save everything and if we want to get rid of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CombustionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CombustionEngines</a> we also need to find drop-in alternatives to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Diesel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diesel</a> that also deliver the same efficiencies and handling as well as storage benefits aka. can be refueled...

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BEVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BEVs</a> are shit - period! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1kOLhhSjl8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1kOLhhSjl8</a>And yes, they are worse than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CombustionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CombustionEngines</a> by virtue of requiring a shitton of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnfairTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnfairTrade</a>|d and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unethical</a>|ly Mined Resources who's entire production processes are extremely harmful!OFC <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicTransport</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BikingInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikingInfrastructure</a> down to the smallest village + Allowing everyone to work remotely and have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FTTB</a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FTTH</a> internet access is the solution, but that's neither cheap nor fast to do unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EcoHipster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EcoHipster</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cars</a>! <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BatteryElecticVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BatteryElecticVehicles</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ElecticCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElecticCars</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FuckCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckCars</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CarBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarBrain</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Roads</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infrastructure</a>

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<a href="https://masto.nox-rhea.org/@frater" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@frater</a> <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@EU_Commission</a> (1/2)USED <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarExports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarExports</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a>Yes. Also, regarding the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a>, giving in to the pressure of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarIndustry</a> is, even now, not just in retrospect, one of the greatest mistakes regarding the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a>. These old cars with highly polluting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CombustionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CombustionEngines</a> will run for decades in regions like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RussianFederation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RussianFederation</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> while also greatly boosting the number of cars per capita globally.The correct way to deal with this would have been to force the..

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