Comment by nielsbot
20 days ago
Hence the urgent need for charging infrastructure: Incentives to install charges in homes and rental unit garages and at curbsides.
20 days ago
Hence the urgent need for charging infrastructure: Incentives to install charges in homes and rental unit garages and at curbsides.
Isn't it a lot easier just to sell people hybrids instead?
No. It's really easy to install charging points on office parking space and supermarket. You don't need to plug at home when half of the day the car is parked at places with chargers.
Comments like this are bubble coded. Plenty of people don't park at an office, don't park at a supermarket, certainly not for half the day
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In the short run. When I replaced my minivan with a PHEV my gas bill went down $200/month, my electric bill went up $30. Chargers where people park is a long term investment in lower costs for everyone. Hopefully chargers are everywhere in the future so we don't need the ICE at all. (I just bought a EV, I've barely had it a week and already have run out of battery - I was just able to reach a charger, but it required changing my route since there were none along the route I wanted)
Yeah but don't we need to stop burning fossil fuels?
No? I haven't seen a "peak oil" article or prediction in at least ten years. It would be GREAT to reduce our dependence, to make them cleaner, to make them more efficient, and to increase the use of renewables. But who is saying we have to "stop" oil and gas?
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Absolutely. And Toyota agrees with you.
The people in this thread have lost their minds in a cult of EV.
I don’t know why EV has to be the answer to every question. There are plenty of economical hybrid options.