Eh gas tax basically just covers Healthcare externalities from all the pollution. If you are in a country with private health care its even worse - drivers aren’t even covering the lung disease they are giving you!

Ha weird. I’ve never even heard of that song, but their first album… i love the whole thing. They are fairly eclectic though so I could see how a any one song could give the wrong idea.

Why couldn’t this apply any to a non profit or public service? What makes it inheritingly capitalist?

Or are you presuming the model is owned by a for profit corporation?

I thought I was careful not to claim any stats. The only thing we know is that EV fires are less frequent but more intense.

Probably not much data out there because it’s so infrequent. You are much more likely to die from collisions I imagine.

I think Teslas cast a dark halo in this area as well. Newer vehicles, but it wouldn’t surprise me of their drivers carelessness mirrored their largest shareholder.

Its worth knowing and researching to reduce fire incidence, but combustion engines have bigger problems.

I think Teslas shouldn’t speak for all EVs.

the company has demonstrated a very high tolerance for risk. In execution, but also they don’t seem to care about reputational risk. Other manufacturers with a larger business at stake, I would expect to handle recalls, safety in a different manner (one of the reasons they are lagging in the EV space)

So… EVs have significantly less fires than combustion engines

But EVs fires are more severe

Tesla is a mess.

EV chemistry is getting better and safer over time.

Combustion engines are largely at their limit.

https://firerover.com/resources/how-often-do-ev-batteries-catch-fire/#%3A~%3Atext=Here's+what+current+studies+say%2Cper+100%2C000+for+gasoline+cars

ICE vehicles have far more fires. EVs are more intense, but significantly less frequent

Proper charging infrastructure is important but there are far more electrical outlets out there than gas stations.

It getting worse over time I would think is partially a function of customer mix changing.

You start with early adopters who are more eco conscious and then now entering mainstream, and also people choosing plug-ins for performance purposes.

Manufacturers typically market the vehicles as energy efficient.

Because they are more energy efficient…

Until now it has been claimed by manufacturers that the vehicles used only a little or almost no fuel when in the electric mode. The studies showed that this was not in fact the case.

Because when in pure electric mode they do use little or no fuel (different cars have different architectures but this is generally so)

But, yes there is a good point buried in there. Europe needs to update rules on efficiency claims. l/100km in gas mode, and electric range gets you pretty far.

Yes From the data tables in the research paper, company cars were seeing roughly 25% electric drive share, private 50% - quick back of the napkin math.

Misleading article. Someone reading this may think that a PHEV will have higher fuel consumption than claimed. When it reality it should be clarified that fuel efficiency is based on roughly 75% electric drive share.

I see the point where they should adjust that down based on real.world usage.

But… if you are expected to drive 75% electric based on battery range and your usage, you will hit the manufacturers claims, give or take

I saw a “distributed in canada” one :(

LLMs are helpful for a bunch of business use cases.

I’m seeing AI generated images in advertising. And llms for advertising copy.

I’ve seen AI generated images used creatively.

I have yet to see AI replace human creativity.

Mediums that mostly rely on human expression rely on human expression.

Mediums that rely on technical expression may take advantage of technical expression.