Tesla Dumping Unsold Cybertrucks At Mall Parking Lot And The City’s Fed Up | Carscoops
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Detroit’s planning and community chief told the run-down lot’s landlord that storage of vehicles was not a permitted use of the land
  • Farmington Hills officials are fuming over a glut of unsold Cybertrucks being stored in the city.
  • Tesla has been parking the EVs at a shopping center earmarked for major redevelopment.
  • Officials say the electric vehicles violate zoning codes and are warning the property owner.
  • utopiah@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Anything else but driving doesn’t work well in the US because the “way of life” is indeed car centric. It will never change without infrastructure, including but not limited to bike lanes. Large distances are possible with (electric) bike but this at least needs to be safe.

    So… yes I’m not advocating for somebody leaving the middle of absolute nowhere to give up on their cars. This is not even about cities (as the article mentions a parking lot I assume it’s next or even inside a city).

    No, my point instead is to question the false dichotomy.

    • muusemuuse@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I agree we shouldn’t have set things up as we did but it’s done and there is no way I’m biking what would be a 40 minute drive to microcenter.

      • utopiah@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        I did spend last week biking 45min somewhere and back (so 1h30) for 4 days in a row. It’s not for everyone … but not only it’s feasible but (and I know it will sound crazy to some) I actually did enjoy it. On the last day I even did the last trip with a new friend, chatting the entire ride.

        Again, I’m not arguing that anybody should do that, or have fun doing, only that’s it not impossible.