Why Every City Car Should Be Electric (and Self-Driving)

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1 pointallthingsav2 comments

Eh, i don't know.

I would like to get a car after using and abusing the public transport for the last seven years, but beside moving in the city I would like to occasionally drive further and farther, maybe for a weekend. Besides top electric cars (read: Teslas, still prohibitively expensive here) no electric car would allow that.

Electric cars have many negative externalities too, tires, brake dust and such don't magically disappear due to the change from Gas to Electric. Even my bicycle produces a surprising amount of brake dust!

None of this is healthy to breathe in or let get washed into our streams and rivers.

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