Why the World Desperately Needs Hybrid Cars 

@KyrilPG First off, thanks for subscribing. And I actually do agree for the most part. Easier to achieve in cities!

@KlignEngineering I always was convinced of that, but living in a city that was historically very congested and then decided to substantially reduce the public space allocated to cars in order to give it back to humans (pedestrians, cyclists, etc.), only made me even more adamant on the subject. I also have the luck to be living in Western Europe (France), where there's a highly developed public transportation system. And right now, it's in the middle of a transit-a-palooza fever with humongous public transportation projects opening left and right. The main one being the Grand Paris Express, a huge development that will double the length of the metro network by extending existing lines and adding 4 entirely new and long lines to the network for suburbs to suburbs journeys, as they all bypass the center. It will add 200km and 68 new stations. There are nearly 35 kilometers of new extensions (30 km of which underground) and 24 stations opening this spring on 4 different lines : 1 tram, 2 metro and 1 RER (regional express heavy metro). Then, something massive will open pretty much every year until 2030-2032. With new projects regularly being added, like line M19 that was officially proposed recently for after 2032. After this spring, the next 2 major openings will be a 5-statiom gondola line configured for public transit that will extend line M8 on its Southeastern end and serve a rather isolated neighborhood ; expected in the summer 2025. Then, the first large 36km section of M15, the giant 75km long, fully underground express metro loop around Paris in Q4 2025. The Grand Paris Express project itself is accompanied by 180 TOD's (transit oriented developments and urban renewal), it is expected to carry at least 3 million riders daily and remove more than 150k cars from the roads. That's millions of tonnes of CO2 that will not end up in the atmosphere. Sadly, there's still a huge government bonus to switch to EV's instead of much more funding for public transportation in the rest of the country, which continues to favor a form of car-centric suburbia in many regions of the country. It also sadly gets very politically charged, a bit like in the US. So, I fear that this EV bonus will only reinforce the wedge between Paris, plus the largest provincial cities and the rest of the country. Or between the dense centers and their much less dense, farthest periphery. There are still more funds being spent in new highways than in new high-speed lines, which is unbelievable in 2024... Anyway, once again a far too long comment! 🤣 Greetings from Paris!

Wow, that was very informative! Best comment I've seen in a while. Thanks for all that! @@KyrilPG

VW/Oak Ridge National Labs.. www.ornl.gov/news/polyphase-wireless-power-transfer-system-achieves-270-kilowatt-charge-sets-another-world

Every region and nation must do their part. As a Canadian, 86% of our power grid is 100% carbon-free via hydro and nuclear, but it's that last 14% that needs the most attention. Here in Alberta? We killed coal in 2024, 4 years later than the set goal by the NDP/Labor government at the time because of COVID supply issues however even as of 5 years ago the power industry here said it couldn't be done. And to give you some context 81% of Alberta's power was from coal in 2001. They said maybe 2050 was viable but here we are. All because of rational governments who saw though industry footdragging and BS... Sure we're using natural gas as a terrible bridge fuel now HOWEVER contracts have already been signed to dial those down in the next 10 years and replace them with various forms of nuclear power as well as renewables which could easily power the province several fold over if only the far right premier that took over would legalize it. She has literally thrown up so many obstacles that despite being the cheapest source of power it's now illegal to build for "aesthetic and heritage reasons" which is about as dog whistle as you can get when talking about old, white conservative Karen's and Kens's trying to prevent the future like Linda Hamilton in Terminator... ;-)

Aka Windmill cancer and solar retina damage BS claims about renewables that have never been proven by science but you know...