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Trump to block the government and military from buying EVs

arstechnica.com Trump’s attack on EVs to be bigger than thought

The incoming administration plans to end EV tax credits. Federal funding for charging infrastructure will be clawed back, and fuel efficiency rules rolled back to 2019.

Summary

The incoming Trump administration plans extensive rollbacks on electric vehicle (EV) policies, including eliminating EV subsidies, blocking battery imports, canceling federal EV purchases, and reversing $7.5 billion in charging infrastructure funding.

EPA fuel efficiency standards will revert to 2019 levels, increasing vehicle emissions by 25%.

Trade tariffs, applied globally, will raise EV costs, while California's stricter emissions rules face renewed opposition.

Public safety regulations, such as crash reporting for automated vehicles, are also set to be repealed.

These policies prioritize fossil fuels and U.S. auto manufacturing over EV adoption and environmental goals.

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It's like everyone's crazy-ass right wing uncle/grandfather who's still living in 1980 and still thinks EVs are "hippie mobiles" managed to snake his way into power.
If they only knew what kind of power an electric motor can put out from a dead stop. Maybe we can get them to appreciate the "Tim Allen grunt" aspect of EVs. They are going to flip their shit when motorsports like drag racing switch over to electric.
- Lol, can you imagine BYD buying its way into NASCAR?
  
  An EV doing 500 miles on a single charge?
  Yeah, right. Lol
  
  Fast swapping batteries is probably the distance racing solution.
  
  If only consumers could have battery quick-swapping technology. I imagine a world where gas stations are converted into battery storage facilities and where everyone all has the same, standardized battery type.
  You pull in over a pit, a scanner locates the battery, a robot arm comes up to yank the installed battery and another arm installs a charged one. Done in 30 seconds.
  
  There was a video of a system like that for Chinese taxis making the rounds not too long ago.
  Would be sweet.
  
  Pretty soon we won't need humans at all! Well I say down with the machines! I say we bring back gas station attendants.
  I for one would like my battery swap to be carried out by a high school dropout of dubious sobriety. You just pull in, wait awkwardly making angry furtive eye contact with the attendant. You can't tell whether he's angry, or his face graffiti just makes him appear so. Probably both. He eventually ambles over and preforms the swap. He wipes your windshield in the hopes of a tip. Leaving grimy streaks behind, an apt metaphor for his life past or present. You hand over a fiver over out of guilt more than any appreciation of a service rendered. You pull out.
  Done in 30 minutes. It's the American way.
  
  It's been experimented with over the years, including by Tesla. There are a whole bunch of mechanical and practical issues. Charger networks are expanding fast, and that approach is being left behind.
  For race cars, though, it's fine.
  
  They do already have Formula E. They race for 45 minutes but the cars can travel about 310-372 miles. That distance has been increasing over the years
  edit: additional information
  
  Like the Lucid Air with a 512 mile range?
  
  curb weight: 5368lbs
  Lmao
  
  Quick change system. Drop the battery and lever the new one into place. As long as your pit crew (who train as professional athletes) can get their bespoke engineered stuff into place as fast or faster than a gas refill you're good to go.

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