"I don't think I would have believed it."

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.”

  • @nexusbandEnglish
    -2•10 months ago

    For a very long while, which makes it so important we switch away from fossils fuels to co2 neutral, synthetic fuels as fast as possible. And in Europe, nobody wants EVs anyway, sales dropped like batshit crazy and everyone is getting ICE cars…

    • @minorcomaEnglish
      8•10 months 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/