France Prepares $100 a Month Electric-Car Leasing Plan

[simmerup]

It’s a shame lithium is in a shortage due to the heat crisis in China, electric car batteries may be hard to come by

[rdtwo]

Isn’t there an energy shortage in Europe? How are electric cars a good idea a 1$/kw hr

[johnday]

It is possible to generate electricity from sources other than fossil fuels.

It is not possible to drive a combustion engine from sources other than fossil fuels (except in very rare circumstances).

Removing fossil-fuel burning cars from the road reduces the national fuel burden, making the generation of electricity cheaper.

[pipodeclown]

That's a pretty short termist comment.. this is part of the plan to tackle and reduce co2 emissions and has nothing to do with reducing overall costs.. besides, I don't know if you noticed but electricity is not the only form of energy which has skyrocketed in price, gas/diesel has is currently very expensive in Europe as well. Since your alternative (ice vehicle) has become proportionally as expensive, the cost benefit of electric cars still holds.

[Forge36]

What's the lease for a gas car? What's the term? There's a mention of $6,000 subsidy a car costing up to $47,000.

Is this an actual plan or a campaign promise? I can't see this being feasible without some other details

[rat9988]

I'm not sure it's the role of the article to provide you with every detail to judge if it's feasible.

[mitchbob]

Archived: https://archive.ph/h2I1X

[bergenty]

If they can make it work, the progressives are actually waking up to reality.

[ssizn]

You will own nothing and you will be happy.

[rvz]

Exactly this.