"Electric Vehicles are Actually Worse for the Environment than Internal Combustion Cars"

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The problem is that the other car companies "dabbling" are doing just that. None of the big dogs are going full-tilt which is why their EV cars suck. I feel like they can throw away a small amount of money on their EV division and create some worthless turd just to say "See, we made it and nobody wanted an EV" when in reality it was just THEIR EV that sucked. Hell, Tesla even opened up their patent portfolio for others to utilize because their stated goal from day 1 was to accelerate the transition to EV since nobody else was. They even said they can use their Supercharger network but none of them will because they want to create their own proprietary system that they can then generate residual profits on long-term. Tesla is so far ahead that nobody is even close which worries me for the future. A future with no competition hurts the consumer. I really wish everyone else would take this shit serious and step up to the plate because right now Tesla has a massive lead in all of the important categories when others are still meeting about if they think it's a good idea or not.

I think Ford said they were going to reveal a fully electric F150 within the year, or next year. And I think a few other companies (I dont remember who or what) had some similar big thing cooking. That should help the "dabbling" issue.

But yes, the whole propriatary think is super annoying in all areas of tech. Example, my samsung phone and my wifes apple, cant use the same charger pisses me off sometimes, just use the same port type you bastards