Mastodawn

Agreed.
‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/21/west-carmakers-retreat-electric-vehicle-risks-irrelevance-iran-war-evs-china

‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance

Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say

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bubbajet

@jeffjarvis @dsilverman We are a two-EV family with solar. My car “fuel” cost for both is ~$15/month. Better half wanted one last fling with a manual transmission, and we almost pulled the trigger. Now reconsidering. Bummer. Would have been fun.