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dmitriid on Oct 3, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs

> EVs WILL be the VAST majority of autos sold globally in 30 years.

They won't. You underestimate the amount of investment needed to upgrade grids, add capacity to account for EVs, and the cost of upgrade to new cars.

Edit: and the cost of scaling up battery production

hampereddustbin on Oct 3, 2022 [–]

We already have a lot of excess capacity at night. Slowly charging EVs could even be a net-boon for required peaker plants if people could cover their own needs for the 15% of the day

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