EU passes law to blanket highways with fast EV chargers by end of 2025
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The chargers must be placed every 60km (37mi) and allow ad-hoc payment by card or contactless device without subscriptions.

EU passes law to blanket highways with fast EV chargers by 2025::The chargers must be placed every 60km (37mi) and allow ad-hoc payment by card or contactless device without subscriptions.

  • MilitantAtheist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    195·
    2 years ago

    Seriously. Do people really think EVs will save us from climate change? They are hardly good for the environment. There’s already a sustainable EV, it’s called a train.

    And don’t get me started on electrical scooters… How is that more sustainable than a bike…

    • FantasticFox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      I don’t have anything against trains, but our rail network is really limited.

      If I want to go from Barcelona to Madrid, it’s easy and actually more convenient than flying albeit more expensive.

      But if I want to take my kids to go and see the cool medieval castle in the mountains? There’s no train going anywhere near there.

    • SoaringDE@feddit.deEnglish
      31·
      2 years ago

      E-Scooters are much better in conjunction with public transit as they take up much less space and are easier to take up steps to the platform.

      As such they are a good personal transportation option to solve the ‘last mile’.

      I do however think that public, shared E-Scooters are a big nuicance to a citys center especially

      • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        a lot of the shared E-Scotter thing is local cities not wanting them to exist in the first place, replace a parking spot every once in a while with a scooter collection point and watch as they almost completely disappear from the side of the road, we give the literally worse in every aspect cars their own dedicated infrastructure that is choking our cities, but a scooter? no, that’s untenable…

      • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I disagree. Foldable bikes are a thing here, and many people use them together with public transport. Go to town with train, go to office from trainstation with bike