Unfortunately, nobody is going to make transport policy decisions based on the weekend hobby of some middle aged men in leather.
It’ll be up to the manufacturers to increase range and/or make the swappable battery stamdard work. The 2040 deadline may actually help focus the mind there.
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https://twitter.com/johnrhanger/status/1792523573610889357?s=61&t=cJjZrhbkIOYaOvfqIhSbew
This is an example of the point I was trying to make above. Places like Albania, or Ethiopia in this example, can make unexpected leaps with new tech.
Certainly on the car side, the “decline” of EV sales is not industry wide. It’s customers voting with their wallets. If the legacy car brands made EVs people wanted, they would sell and be retained. As it is, with tightening belts, people have choices to make. Tesla and Chinese brands continue to have a roaring trade for instance. That says a lot about the demand for well designed and supported EVs.
I’m not convinced the legacy car brands have really woken up yet, they’re still making expensive EVs with firm roots in ICE designs that don’t compete with the best out there and offer a degraded customer experience. I’m not surprised people aren’t massively taken by those offerings.
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That pic is curious. I could be mistaken but I bet that it wasnt taken in Ethiopia.
I’m also going to have a look at what most Ethiopians are driving…and I suspect that not only isn’t it an EV but probably not a car at all.
Is that razor wire on the wall?
Ethiopian commercial nber plate by the look of it
Hard to pin down but an average middle class income in Ethiopia might be £450 per month. Somehow doubt anyone but the rich are driving EVs. Probably everyone else gets a 40 year old Peugeot or has to walk.