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China spent $230 billion to build its electric car industry, CSIS says (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Investment in public transport would have been better, but it's not nothing. Hope other countries follow suit.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh definitely. I was just hoping they'd spend those billions on busses, metros and, yes, HSR, instead of on EVs. Still, they're ahead of most countries as it is.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ahead of all* countries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems and sort by system length

[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

The fact that Moscow Metro is up there despite Moscow being so fucking cold is wild

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