IANAL, but doesn’t settlement mean they don’t admit fault, they have no judgement to actually force changes, and the same case can’t be brought again, aka, they get to keep harming kids, just have to cough up some tiny slice of profit and offer some lip service to doing better? Or, to rephrase, as long as the government gets a cut, they can keep abusing?
100% the cheapest, most green choice is keep driving what you already have. But when I did my own math on my projected ownership of 10+ years, going electric was a no brainer on deciding between ICE and electric, and I’m betting that math will only get more in favor for electric on the basis that manufacturing petroleum products is dependent on a limited resource while green electricity is only getting bigger and cheaper. Especially if you’re able to get your own solar power generation.
Zoom out. BYD models are $10k cheaper than comparable models, you’re saving maybe $1k+ annually on gas, and you’re throwing in the towel on $150 tax? They are not available in US because of anti-competition and “national security” concerns, but if they were, the US manufacturers would be getting murked. As it is, we’re just going to massively lose global market share.
I just feel like posting this completely unrelated story on every automated traffic camera thread, I can’t understand why I feel this compulsion.
https://cybernews.com/editorial/israel-hacked-iran-traffic-cameras-us-war/