The BBC and many other sources report:
The US car industry will be wrecked if President Trump relaxes emissions standards, California's governor says.
Jerry Brown said China would dominate car manufacture because it was heavily promoting the electric vehicles that would dominate the future.
He said huge investment was needed on electric vehicles, along with federal rules to encourage their purchase.
He said President Trump and US car-makers were "half asleep" and hadn't understood the scale of the challenge.
He told BBC Radio 4's Costing the Earth: "There will be a serious threat to the US auto industry.
Unlike many in Silicon Valley, Gov. Brown seems to want the USA car industry to survive this Chinese nationally supported onslaught.
While not specifically mentioned in the article, China is working on cars at all price points, not just early adopters that can afford a Tesla or other luxury car. The Chinese stuff may be junk now (think about the batteries in Chinese "hoverboards") but it won't be for long, they learn fast. Here's a little minivan that's headed to production, https://carnewschina.com/2017/09/28/new-photos-sinogold-gm3-electric-mpv-china/
(Score: 5, Informative) by NewNic on Tuesday November 14 2017, @04:49AM (1 child)
Try 80% living in urban areas.
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday November 14 2017, @05:31PM
Let's define "urban" in this context... My city in SoCal is 50% bigger than Paris, France. Removing all the park areas, let's say it's about the same.
My urban area has over 110k people, Paris has 20 times that.
I'm only a big quarter mile from a bus station and a mile from shops. Most of the city isn't anywhere near that lucky. Let's not talk about bus schedules, nor the four trains a day towards the giant ugly metropolis an hour away.
Urban...