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Acceptance and safety. R5

Will people accept the change to electric? How safe are the vehicles with new technology etc? Feb 2024   https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/19/21262576/self-driving-cars-poll-av-perception-trust-scepticism-pave      source is useful because it is a tech review website meaning their job is to honestly review the newest technology out there, therefore this review should be truthful as well there is a published date and the name of the author. Author Andrew J Hawkins May 19, 2020 Self-driving cars are having a rough time gaining our trust. Given that autonomous vehicles are still mostly a concept and a pipe dream for most people, this is not entirely surprising. The few autonomous vehicles now on the road are largely test cars that aren't open to the general public. Add to it the extremely, shall we say, complex sentiments Americans have towards ideas like "freedom" and "control," The newest survey from Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE), a grouping of bu...

How is the government pushing for these cars?.R4

 Feb 2024      How are the government pushing for these cars? https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/government-wants-22-cent-new-car-sales-be-all-electric-2024 BBC Funded and researched. title: The government wants 22 per cent of new car sales to be all electric from 2024 published 31 march 2023. Source evaluation: although Top Gear is a brand aimed at a popular/mass audience it can be seen as reliable as they are informed by industry professionals and have their editorial standards set by the BBC.  Government proposal to compel zero-emission vehicles, which lays out minimum sales goals and sanctions for automakers that don't fulfil them. According to the government, automakers must offer 22% all-electric vehicles starting in 2023 . To meet the deadlines for the EU's ice vehicle ban and non-ban, they must sell 52% of their cars by 2028 and 80% by 2030. The government anticipates that by 2035, all new vehicles will be electric-only. Although the ZEV mandate i...