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FAQs & Mythbusting

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Myth: Electric vehicles are too expensive to produce to replace traditional vehicles globally
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Myth: “I could never give up my car!”
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Myth: There is not enough lithium to make all the electric cars we need
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Myth: Robotaxis cannot compete economically with human-driven taxis because of the cost of taxi licenses (‘medallions’)
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Myth: Robotaxis cannot take over the market quickly
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Myth: Robotaxis will never be safe enough
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Myth: Robotaxi technology does not work and will never work. Driving is too complicated. At best, so-called “Level 5”, fully self-driving cars are decades away
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Myth: Electric cars require cobalt, the mining of which uses child labor
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Myth: It is impossible to convert the entire global road transportation fleet to electric vehicles
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Myth: Autonomous vehicles are more dangerous than manual driving
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Myth: Roadtrips are impossible with electric vehicles because of the need to recharge. Charging an EV is lengthy and inconvenient
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How many autonomous electric vehicles will be needed?
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How will the roads be financed when there is no gas tax? Will there be an electronic distance-based toll system?
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Will automated vehicles really be safer?
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How will the disruption play out in India, Southeast Asia, Africa and other places where consumers are very price-sensitive?
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What will happen to the existing fleet of vehicles as a result of the transportation disruption? Can these vehicles be converted to EVs? AEVs?
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How many jobs will be created by the disruption of transportation? How many jobs will be destroyed?
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