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throwaway85825 74 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half pr...

The auto industry is just responding to incentives, the EPA makes it way easier to hit emissions targets the larger the vehicle.

OkayPhysicist 74 days ago [–]

Those incentives went the way of the dodo last year. The fine for violating it is $0

throwaway85825 74 days ago | [–]

It takes 6 years to develop a vehicle. You cant rely on it being 0$ forever, the laws/regulations didn't change.

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