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throwaway85825 3 months 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 3 months ago [–]

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

throwaway85825 3 months 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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