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Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’ (www.yahoo.com)

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Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’::"I don't think I would have believed it."

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In 1910, in the United States, there were about 5 automobiles per 1,000 people. His analogy is stupid.

Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 33, ORNL-6990, Oak Ridge, TN, July 2014, Tables 3.5 and 3.6.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think his analogy is accidentally spot on. ICE cars are going to be around for a while

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Synthetic fuels would be great for all the existing stuff, but not sure where you're getting EV sales are down in Europe.

New plug-in car registrations:

BEVs: *212,000 (up 57% year-over-year) and 17% share
PHEVs: *100,000 (up 17% year-over-year) and 8% share
Total: 311,897 (up 42% year-over-year) and 25% share

From https://insideevs.com/news/680428/europe-plugin-car-sales-june2023/