North Carolina Looks to Remove Public EV Chargers, Probably to the Trash (opens in new tab)

(caranddriver.com)

29 pointslandonxjames3y ago13 comments

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Please do not use North Carolina as a metonym for state house representative Ben Moss, the sole sponsor of the bill in question. This is not something that is on anyones radar as an issue aside from him.

ianai3y ago

Does that mean it’s unlikely to pass?

cirgue3y ago

Yes. There is no actual support for this. It’s this one guys effort to get his name in the news for something controversial/polarizing and we’re doing a great job of helping him.

cvccvroomvroom3y ago

"We're going to cutoff our half-hearted attempt at green transportation mostly used by rich people to spite our grandchildren's survival. Yeah!"

labrador3y ago

High tech in North Carolina peaked with the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk and it's been downhill ever since

cvccvroomvroom3y ago

Perhaps if they had Penrose highways and used regenerative braking, they could create limitless energy until their packs were too charged. :)

It's a shame because RTP exists. Perhaps N Carolinians could develop a people's car ;) EV that is safe and low TCO rather than "Apple brands" keeping EVs out of reach of the masses.

MomoXenosaga3y ago

That's what China is doing. The problem is that Americans want giant SUVs that can tow a boat not a small hatchback.

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ZeroGravitas3y ago

This is like Poe's law for, well laws.

It reads like a parody, intentionally written to make people who would support it look bad.

I have to hope that even in America, where banning municipal fibre and WiFi is a thing, that this is a step too far.

manfre3y ago

I have some bad news for you...

NC is a very dysfunctional state. Most of the population is educated, progressive and lives in urban areas. Due to gerrymandering, the less populated, rural areas have a disproportionally larger say in state government.

Many will likely support this type of bill (it's not the first time ignorance was drafted as a bill) and there is even a (small) chance of it becoming a law. For another example of how some have protested EVs, search for "rolling coal".

bojangleslover3y ago

I'll freak out when they actually do this

Quality of life in North Carolina is obnoxiously high especially in the Triangle and Charlotte

Also with the tax differential between NC and NY I can install my own charger in weeks

thorncorona3y ago

You know pretty soon we’re going to be a looking at a failed state with the way we’re sliding into a plutocracy

cvccvroomvroom3y ago

Long time coming by slow degrees and shocked in waves by foreign events.

https://youtu.be/Q2CCs-x9q9U

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/10/america...

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cirgue3y ago

ianai3y ago

Does that mean it’s unlikely to pass?

cirgue3y ago

Yes. There is no actual support for this. It’s this one guys effort to get his name in the news for something controversial/polarizing and we’re doing a great job of helping him.

cvccvroomvroom3y ago

"We're going to cutoff our half-hearted attempt at green transportation mostly used by rich people to spite our grandchildren's survival. Yeah!"

labrador3y ago

High tech in North Carolina peaked with the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk and it's been downhill ever since

cvccvroomvroom3y ago

Perhaps if they had Penrose highways and used regenerative braking, they could create limitless energy until their packs were too charged. :)

It's a shame because RTP exists. Perhaps N Carolinians could develop a people's car ;) EV that is safe and low TCO rather than "Apple brands" keeping EVs out of reach of the masses.

MomoXenosaga3y ago

That's what China is doing. The problem is that Americans want giant SUVs that can tow a boat not a small hatchback.

1 more reply

ZeroGravitas3y ago

This is like Poe's law for, well laws.

It reads like a parody, intentionally written to make people who would support it look bad.

I have to hope that even in America, where banning municipal fibre and WiFi is a thing, that this is a step too far.

manfre3y ago

I have some bad news for you...

bojangleslover3y ago

I'll freak out when they actually do this

Quality of life in North Carolina is obnoxiously high especially in the Triangle and Charlotte

Also with the tax differential between NC and NY I can install my own charger in weeks

thorncorona3y ago

You know pretty soon we’re going to be a looking at a failed state with the way we’re sliding into a plutocracy

cvccvroomvroom3y ago

Long time coming by slow degrees and shocked in waves by foreign events.

https://youtu.be/Q2CCs-x9q9U

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/10/america...

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