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Spotted yesterday at my local #HammerBarn - an imported and right-hand-drive converted F150 Lightning #EV. Stupidly big, but not out of place you know, on a mine site or farm. Not suburbia. The current size of pickup utilities in Australia is big enough (too big and less fit for purpose)! At least there’s greener options here and on the way I guess. I worry that #NEVS is toast if LNP get in.
And being an undercover carpark with a Hammer Barn above it, the smell of sausages permeates most of the carpark..

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In the US, we already have the #infrastructure to support this. Many jurisdictions already permit operation of #NEVs (neighborhood electric vehicles) without licensure, and of course we already have the #streets.

It's just that we're stuck in this# highway speeds/long distances/huge capacities model of personal #transport.

It's the speed and the distance, primarily, that have made #MotorVehicles the monsters they have become.

It doesn't require a tech fix, just #regulation.

Street legal #electric carts. Technically called #NEVs (Neighborhood Electric Vehicles) or #MEVs (Medium-speed Electric Vehicles).

They go 25 to 35 mph max. They are legal on every street with a speed limit of 35mph or less. In #Seattle that is 98% of streets, thanks to Vision Zero.

There are several manufacturers, many with fully enclosed cab options. They cost around $10K, and charge on whatever outlets you already have.

Would you buy one? Why or why not?

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2023-03-06 06:00
The Russian federation’s main focus is the offensive operations on #Kupyansk, #Lyman, #Bakhmut, #Avdiivka, and #Shakhtarske axes. During the day of March 5, Ukrainian troops repelled over 95 enemy attacks on these axes, including near #Bilohorivka, #Nevs’ke (#Luhansk region), #Zaliznyans’ke, #Dubovo-Vasylivka, #Orikhovo-Vasylivka, #Bakhmut, and #Ivanivske (Donetsk region).

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