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Dutch residents will have to ditch their cars for sustainable transport system (nltimes.nl)
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To build a fully climate-neutral transport system in the Netherlands, many citizens will have to give up their cars, Jan Willem Eirsman, the government’s new chief climate adviser as chairman of the Scientific Climate Council, told the AD.

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Mechanics are going to be downsized with all the EV sales anyway. They just don't need as much maintenance. I have had a Chevy Bolt since 2018. I haven't had any routine maintenance, and I've just had to take the thing to the dealership once for a major recall, where they just flashed the BIOS. Admittedly, I don't drive near as much as I used to, I've only put 60,000 miles on the ODO so far.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago

    That leaves out a ton of people from dealerships to engineers, from body repairs shops to carwashes, from manufacture to after market components. And we've got two cars per household. Let's see how it goes with a quarter or less that. No.

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