The article below gives the many good reasons why we should not risk buying an EV (electric vehicle) The rush to electric vehicles risks killing our car industry, shackling us to China and bumping up our taxes to reduce global emissions by just 0.044%. It is even possible that we could replace all of Britain’s cars and vans with electric vehicles and still find that carbon dioxide emissions are higher, not lower. Read all the details here:
Just as producers need taxpayer subsidies to supply electric cars, consumers need subsidies to buy them. An industry dependent on taxpayer support at both ends of the chain is not sustainable.
Nor can Britain’s electricity infrastructure be adapted easily or quickly to cope with the extra demand implied by the transition — without further subsidies. The whole policy simply does not make sense. The people simply won't buy it, or at least not in the numbers the government is hoping. So what will happen then? Will the government back-track and allow fossil fuel cars to continue? Doubtful, as this will be a massive u-turn and lead to a complete loss of all credibility. So we are on a course leading to disaster with no way out. People will cling on to their old vehicles as long as possible and the car industry in the UK will die.
I have been driving an electric car for 8 years and have put on about 115000 miles in that time. As utilities pollute less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, electric cars get cleaner and cleaner with each improvement. Gasoline cars cannot improve.
ReplyDeleteAll utlities have to do is encourage people to charge at night by lowering their rates. This allows consumers to save money at the same while taking the load off the elctric grid.
Tesla is now coming up with the $25,000 EV that will be built in Mexico. By the time 2030 comes, electric cars will be the obvious choice to buy since it is cheaper to own, has superior acceleration. and superior efficiency. And the EV at that time will be affordable.
People will realize the folly of owning gasoline vehicles.
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/top-five-reasons-choose-electric-car
1. Electric vehicles save you money
No matter where you plug in across the country, electric vehicles are cheaper to fuel than their gasoline-powered counterparts. Every electricity provider in the 50 largest US cities offers a rate plan that makes filling up on electricity cheaper than gasoline, adding up to a median yearly savings of over $770.
2. Electric vehicles cut your emissions
Even when the electricity used to fuel an EV comes from the dirtiest coal-dominated grid in the US, EVs still produce less global warming pollution than their conventional counterparts. The average EV in the US today produces the emissions equivalent of a gasoline car that gets 73 miles per gallon. The emissions performance of EVs is set to only improve as wind and solar power displace coal-fired electricity generation. Many EV owners are also choosing to pair their EV with rooftop solar panels and home energy storage units. When powered exclusively by renewable energy, an EV can operate nearly emissions free.
3. Electric vehicles offer you a better driving experience
An electric engine generates instant torque, which means that electric vehicles zoom off starting lines and provide smooth, responsive acceleration and deceleration. Electric vehicles also have a low center of gravity, which improves handling, responsiveness, and ride comfort.
4. Electric vehicles cut your oil use
Electric vehicles are an essential part of the UCS plan to cut the nation's oil use in half in twenty years. Using oil causes an array of problems, and transportation remains reliant on oil as the dominant energy source. Electric vehicles offer the potential to disrupt this status quo relationship between transportation and oil, and offer a cleaner, better way to fuel transportation for everyone. Overall, electric vehicles can cut US oil use by 1.5 million barrels a day by 2035.
5. Electric vehicles are convenient
Instead of searching for a gasoline station with the cheapest prices, you can charge at home at a cheaper and much more predictable cost. And plugging in at home takes only a few seconds and lets you wake up with a “full tank” every morning. EVs also have other convenient advantages. Battery electric vehicles are mechanically much simpler than a conventional gasoline car, so the maintenance requirements are often much simpler and, for this reason, cheaper to maintain. Drivers of electric cars a do not have to change their car’s motor oil every 5,000 to 10,000 miles, and they never have to schedule spark plug changes, timing belt replacements, or other engine tune up items. Depending on your location, EVs have additional benefits, like access to restricted express lanes on highways and bridges, special parking spots, and reduced or free tolls.