The point is well-made: BEV dominance cannot happen without a well-funded charging network. But without strong growth, and competition from hybrids, this is not going to happen. As a result, BEVs become trapped as urban commuters, mainly owned by people with home charging.
My own view is that this is inevitable anyways. BEVs should never had been pushed as the only solution.
È vero che le auto elettriche si incendiano facilmente? No. Le auto a benzina e ibride si incendiano molto più spesso [National Safety Transport Board]
I’m glad to see more sane takes on the upside of hybrids, PHEVs and FCEVs over BEVs. Reddit’s car community used to be dominated by nutty BEV fanatics, but now those are mostly pushed out and discredited. People are now realizing that other types of EVs have value. BEVs are not going to take over the world anytime soon.
The cheapest cars to own are all hybrids. No surprise that hybrid sales are surging. It is merely the market following the cost curve. The cheapest idea usually wins, all things being equal. Meanwhile, BEVs are extremely expensive to own. Demand is dropping dramatically, which will become apparently once subsidies and huge discounts go away.
The document for the first time provides official confirmation and codification of what many in the #Moscow elite say has become a #hybrid war against the West.
Solar power realization: I should charge the plug-in car during sunny days. In the past it was programmed to happen overnight, hoping for a lower electricity rate. But, if there's power coming from panels, it’s much better to just have that go straight into the car rather than expect “selling" it to power company and using it later will be cheaper.
After obstructionist Bill Barr completely covered-up the Trump-Russia investigation in a way that let criminal defendant Donald skate, US Intelligence now has told us that Russians are involved in using a variety of technologies, including ultrasound, microwave weapons, pesticides, and toxins on our diplomats and intelligence personnel.
Why exactly is American counterintelligence so dead-set on protecting the Kremlin and those close to it?
New study: "The current level of implementation of transformative agreements is insufficient to bring about a large-scale transition to fully #OpenAccess. A key finding…is that TAs maintain market concentration…The three largest commercial publishers #Elsevier, #SpringerNature & #Wiley dominate, particularly with regard to OA provided through TAs. Together, the 3 publishers accounted for 3/4 of OA articles through TAs." https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18255
New study: "We found that publishing #OpenAccess in #hybrid journals…confers an avg citation advantage…of 17.8 #citations…After taking [several variables] into account…we still found that OA generated significantly more citations than closed access…We found that cost itself was not predictive of citation rates…For authors with limited budgets, we recommend OA alternatives that do not require paying a fee [#DiamondOA]." https://peerj.com/articles/16824/
Financial websites are increasingly noticing that the BEV push is failing. And that Toyota was right all along with hybrids and other options. This will soon become consensus among everyone. Eventually, everyone will realize that BEVs are a fad and don’t make sense as ground transportation vehicles for most people.
GM waking up to reality, multiple years late to the party.
It's hard to take GM seriously given how many dumb decisions they've made recently, but at least they are not suicidally dumb. BEVs are not the future of transportation, and all car companies will have to build alternatives.
“Oriental #Lily” is a term that refers to many, usually hybridized varietals of lily. Sometimes Tiger Lily is also used.
This #hybrid is called #Muscadet and is known for the #pink spots on its #white#petals.
Colleagues using Teams to videoconference from a laptop with only built-in camera and uadio in a fully equipped Zoom Room, because the Zoom Room is harder to use... and there's no training on how to use it.
Great #hybrid experiences rest on people at both the remote and at the on-site location knowing how to get the best out of #videoconf technology ...
I also wonder if this is part of the pushback on hybrid - hybrid is harder, and there's an unwillingness to learn how to make it work?