One reason for the soggy sales of EVs is rather the tax rebates. Why reduce the purchasing issue to merely saving money? There are numerous more fulfilling reasons -- particularly if we care about our children's future future on a livable planet, wish not to give money to a dictatorship that leaves ISIS a distant second when it come to beheadings, or simply prefer the quiet exhilarating acceleration by the instant-torque electric motor, or the low maintenance cost.
Also the whole debate of charging stations seems largely an issue to restrain EV growth, as the majority of prospective drivers drive well within the range of an electric car and can charge from a standard socket at home or at work. But perhaps the thought(?) is that if infernal combustion engine cars need gas stations so do electric cars? Not many homes or workplaces do have gasoline though.
For that occasional long trip don't most households have more than one car and aren't rental cars available everywhere?
If Swedes worry about EVs in the Winter can mention that our splendid Ford Focus electric car comes wide tires, a near instant heat blasting system and even heated seats.
Be the above as it may must say that I am intensely proud of my home country's gutsy efforts visa vi The Palestine & Saudi Arabia.
Thanks you Juan Cole (even if this may be that one in a hundred times) when you may not have gotten all your energy generating facts straight.
In the meantime here in Seattle about 94% of our plug in power comes from renewables (mostly hydro).
What each of us do to make our daily life less malignant to the environment does of course not by itself matter significantly as far as material, numerical impact.
But if each of us does not focus as well on our own personal impact humanity shall not survive.
Thank you, Juan, for sharing what you are actually doing. As far as your suggestion that one would be "crazy" not to drive an EV or hybrid what does it make us in the Seattle area where our utility provides 94% renewable energy at about 7 cent/kWh if we don't do so?!
Our 13 years old Prius hybrid is still humming away -- with the original batteries! -- and we recently acquired an utterly amazing Ford Focus pure electric ...
One reason for the soggy sales of EVs is rather the tax rebates. Why reduce the purchasing issue to merely saving money? There are numerous more fulfilling reasons -- particularly if we care about our children's future future on a livable planet, wish not to give money to a dictatorship that leaves ISIS a distant second when it come to beheadings, or simply prefer the quiet exhilarating acceleration by the instant-torque electric motor, or the low maintenance cost.
Also the whole debate of charging stations seems largely an issue to restrain EV growth, as the majority of prospective drivers drive well within the range of an electric car and can charge from a standard socket at home or at work. But perhaps the thought(?) is that if infernal combustion engine cars need gas stations so do electric cars? Not many homes or workplaces do have gasoline though.
For that occasional long trip don't most households have more than one car and aren't rental cars available everywhere?
If Swedes worry about EVs in the Winter can mention that our splendid Ford Focus electric car comes wide tires, a near instant heat blasting system and even heated seats.
Be the above as it may must say that I am intensely proud of my home country's gutsy efforts visa vi The Palestine & Saudi Arabia.
Thanks you Juan Cole (even if this may be that one in a hundred times) when you may not have gotten all your energy generating facts straight.
In the meantime here in Seattle about 94% of our plug in power comes from renewables (mostly hydro).
What each of us do to make our daily life less malignant to the environment does of course not by itself matter significantly as far as material, numerical impact.
But if each of us does not focus as well on our own personal impact humanity shall not survive.
Thank you, Juan, for sharing what you are actually doing. As far as your suggestion that one would be "crazy" not to drive an EV or hybrid what does it make us in the Seattle area where our utility provides 94% renewable energy at about 7 cent/kWh if we don't do so?!
Our 13 years old Prius hybrid is still humming away -- with the original batteries! -- and we recently acquired an utterly amazing Ford Focus pure electric ...