Gas is a lot more expensive ("fixed" with taxes) in the EU and the electric cars are losing steam here too.
You need to drive a lot (by EU urban standards at least) to justify the price premium and hassle of an all electric. Especially since we've been in a recession longer than the US which is just starting.
From TFA:
> But even before President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imports, many of those projects were being canceled — leaving thousands of jobs and the shift to clean energy in doubt.
Might have something to do with the end of free financing too...
Gas is a lot more expensive ("fixed" with taxes) in the EU and the electric cars are losing steam here too.
You need to drive a lot (by EU urban standards at least) to justify the price premium and hassle of an all electric. Especially since we've been in a recession longer than the US which is just starting.
From TFA:
> But even before President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imports, many of those projects were being canceled — leaving thousands of jobs and the shift to clean energy in doubt.
Might have something to do with the end of free financing too...