▲ 616 ▼ Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 years ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 235 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, I'm aware. That doesn't actually address the problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) well the good news is that while you accounted for costs going down once projects are built, you also failed to consider the difference in capacity between railroad tracks and roads and also the maintenance costs that are gonna be much higher for roads. so even if it's more expensive upfront which it really isn't, it's so much better long term permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frezik@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Of course it's more expensive up front. That's trivially true when we have highways and not high speed rail. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) well the good news is that while you accounted for costs going down once projects are built, you also failed to consider the difference in capacity between railroad tracks and roads and also the maintenance costs that are gonna be much higher for roads. so even if it's more expensive upfront which it really isn't, it's so much better long term permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frezik@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Of course it's more expensive up front. That's trivially true when we have highways and not high speed rail. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frezik@midwest.social 1 point 2 years ago Of course it's more expensive up front. That's trivially true when we have highways and not high speed rail. permalink fedilink source parent