boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoBattery electric vehicles lose their spark in Europe as hybrids steal the showwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down122
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minus-squarebr3d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down3·5 months agoPeople need to hire vehicles occasionally rather than buy more polluting vehicles against some rare edge case
minus-squarenarc0tic_bird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI’m not saying they shouldn’t rent a car for these occasions, I’m just saying that’s probably the reason why hybrids are more popular.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10·5 months agoOr we need to try to accommodate the needs that people actually have rather than telling them they should change what they need. That’s somewhat more likely to actually work.
minus-squarenarc0tic_bird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·5 months agoI mostly agree with your statement. If you want people to switch to alternatives, the alternative needs to be better than the status quo in some way.
People need to hire vehicles occasionally rather than buy more polluting vehicles against some rare edge case
I’m not saying they shouldn’t rent a car for these occasions, I’m just saying that’s probably the reason why hybrids are more popular.
Or we need to try to accommodate the needs that people actually have rather than telling them they should change what they need. That’s somewhat more likely to actually work.
I mostly agree with your statement. If you want people to switch to alternatives, the alternative needs to be better than the status quo in some way.