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[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What happens if Tesla falls? America's charging station infrastructure is owned by Tesla. Looks like the whole EV push has been a complete failure. What about the environment and global warming, seems like people really don't care about any of that in comparison to settling political grievances. It is what it is.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 15 points 1 day ago

That's the American way of doing things. Wild deregulation and dependency on billionaires, because freedom or some excuse.

In Europe, the EU mandated years ago CCS2 for all cars, tesla included, so the whole continent's (UK, CH, etc included) infrastructure is compatible with every car, just like gas stations. Tesla operates like 20% of the infrastructure so if they disappear it will be a minor nuisance, and only for the time other operators gobble up the locations. If power and permits are already in place, it's a question of a few weeks to install the transformers and charging points.

[–] kreynen@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 day ago

@AidsKitty@lemmy.world

@juergen@feddit.org Are you a Tesla owner who only charges at Telsa charging stations? Tesla doesn't even own the majority of charging stations in the US. They only recently started allowing non-Teslas to use their chargers. Where did you think all the other EVs were charging?

Tesla will be taken over by PE who will sell off the charging network. Once rebranded as ChargePoint or Electrify America, they will will no lobger be targeted by vandalism and arson. The cost of removing the toxic Tesla brand isn't trivial, but the locations and infrastructure have value. They won't just be turned off when there is profit to made.

https://evadoption.com/ev-charging-stations-statistics/us-charging-network-rankings/

[–] blubfisch@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is no point in worrying about the environment without first fighting against facism.