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  1. 5) There are a plethora of companies providing charging stations, leasing spaces to all manner of commercial and gov outfits. But it feels like VHS v Betamax in an era of enshittification.

    Charging stations providers need to decide what is their product. Is it data about us consumers, or the supply of electricity for transport.

    I firmly believe mainstreaming e-vehicles demands contactless payment as the norm, and not a confusion of apps and membership.

    #evehicles #decarbonize
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  2. 2) Range anxiety is either a thing of the past, or was only ever a myth made by news columnists, who were useful idiots helping lobby for the status quo. I had 430Km on a charge. This would get me from Halifax to Cape Breton or Fredericton.

    3) For almost everyone, there is no reason to use a gas car in Nova Scotia.

    #evehicles #decarbonize #innovation #novascotia

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  3. I just spent 2 weeks in UK getting around by electric car. This is what I learnt:

    1) Canada is way way behind the UK on electric vehicles. It feels like we are more than 5 years behind.

    #evehicles #decarbonize #innovation #novascotia

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