Discussion
“We should invest in small, affordable vehicles.
We will propose to work with industry on a new Small Affordable Cars initiative.
The future of cars - and the cars of the future - must be made in Europe.”
— President von der Leyen will hold tomorrow the third Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry.
The dialogue is a continuation of our commitment to safeguarding the future of a sector that is vital to European prosperity.
Sounded a ver decisive speech, now see if the Commission has a spine to really deliver!
* number one killer of children
* number one source of major trauma in children
* number one source of pollution in cities (exhaust, brake dust, tire dust, etc)
* Two thirds of our street space are taken up by cars
European industry should focus on things we do better than others, and things that the world needs more urgently, like wind mills.
There is a company that already makes small affordable cars on a large scale. It's called Tata...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGEouNBdv80
«L’eXtrême Défi porte l'ambition de concevoir des véhicules :
10 fois moins couteux par rapport à une automobile (...)
10 fois plus durable en visant une très haute recyclabilité,(...)
10 fois plus léger pour réduire fortement le besoin de batterie, la consommation d’énergie(...)
10 fois plus simple(...)
10 fois moins puissant(...)»
https://mission-transition-ecologique.beta.gouv.fr/aides-entreprise/extreme-defi-mobilite
Please make sure they aren't rolling privacy invaders.
The future of #cars is to NOT be individually owned, and to be a last resort means of transportation.
Reducing drastically the share cars take in our transportation, the space they take when parked in our #cities, the #hospital beds they fill with #roadCasualties, is vital to our #climate, our #wellbeing and our #health.
We should invest in #rail and #bike #infrastructure, and not replace 260 million cars by as many e-cars.
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