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>>people living in apartments are not supposed to own and operate their own cars going forward.

That's such a weird thing to say. What do you mean not supposed to own? For healthy young people - ok, fine, fair enough. How about the disabled? The old and frail? People with kids? People who drive for work? Where are the above meant to park and charge? And please don't say these usecases are going to be replaced with autonomous cars, that's complete nonsense, especially for specific usecases like disabled people who need specially adapted cars.



Public transport should be better than driving if you're old or frail.


Or have sight problems, or are currently drinking, or have inner ear issues, or epilepsy, or are very tired, or want to read a good book, or...


> That's such a weird thing to say. What do you mean not supposed to own?

disincentives work the same way of incentives, but in the opposite direction.

EVs are an hassle to own if you live in a dense urban area, like those you can find in many European cities. I predict many people will give up on owning a car when confronted with the drawbacks.

> like disabled people who need specially adapted cars

disabled people have reserved parking spots, that will eventually be equipped with an EV charger




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