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[โ€“] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Is this feasible? Will the gov't take on the cost of building and maintaining sufficient charging stations? Will the price of new EV cars become more affordable? How will the auto industry feel (i.e., lobby) about EVs being the only new cars they can sell? Will auto-associated industries (like repair garages) transition smoothly from ICE to electric vehicles? I imagine the secondary market for ICE cars will explode around 2035. After seeing what's happened with the much much easier to implement carbon tax, I'm skeptical of this highly ambitious plan working. Increasing rebates for EV bikes seems like a better place to start. There might be more of this "sounds great but how's it going to happen?" legislation to come as Trudeau tries to hold onto leadership of the Liberal party. I think protecting the environment is really important. Perhaps too important to leave to politicians versus scientists