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xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles

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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.

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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Unless their car is scrapped, this only results in another car being on the road.

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

New drivers will be new drivers regardless. It will most likely just end up as a stored car or a replaced car of another car

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

a replaced car of another car

Unless the 'another' car being replaced isn't irreparably broken and just doesn't suffice our MOT requirements, it's probably ending in a 3rd world country and will remain in use there (probably instead a cheap light EV).