I’ve seen a lot of posts here on Lemmy, specifically in the “fuck cars” communities as to how Electric Vehicles do pretty much nothing for the Climate, but I continue to see Climate activists everywhere try pushing so, so hard for Electric Vehicles.
Are they actually beneficial to the planet other than limiting exhaust, or is that it? or maybe exhaust is a way bigger problem?
I hope moving forward, EVs will be regulated and have modular parts, and can still be user repairable, unlike (most) smartphones.
I don’t want them to have that “vendor lock in” that Apple and Samsung are famous for, component wise.
There’s already a few videos of home mechanics replacing their own battery packs. Not a big thing yet, but as an engineer in related systems, it’s great to see a first effort already happening.