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.”

  • grue@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The infrastructure just isn’t there yet. If you live in apartments, where will you charge it?

    You’re right, but not in the way you think.

    The real issue is that if you live in an apartment, you shouldn’t need or want a car to begin with. The fact that so many people seem to think they do is a gigantic flashing neon clue that we’ve fucked up the zoning code and managed to build the apartments wrong in such a way that they’re not in a walkable area despite being dense.

    The infrastructure change we need is to be ripping out the parking lots, not installing EV chargers in them!