Re:Electric Vehicles Are Overwhelmingly More Energy Efficient
by NeedMoreTea on Sunday May 19, 2019 @06:05AM
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I think you are drastically under-estimating it.
Diesel's growth for private vehicles here in Europe came about purely from changed incentives, and changed sales rates almost immediately. That's for a switch to an alternative with all the refuelling and associated infrastructure already in place.
As electric infrastructure - and crucially vehicle choice - continues to expand, with comparable incentives there's no reason it couldn't achieve as significant a switch in similar time. For most it's the car that makes the sale, not the fuel or number of cylinders.
It's my most petrol-headed friends who also seem to have become the most enthusiastic about EVs.
Diesel's growth for private vehicles here in Europe came about purely from changed incentives, and changed sales rates almost immediately. That's for a switch to an alternative with all the refuelling and associated infrastructure already in place.
As electric infrastructure - and crucially vehicle choice - continues to expand, with comparable incentives there's no reason it couldn't achieve as significant a switch in similar time. For most it's the car that makes the sale, not the fuel or number of cylinders.
It's my most petrol-headed friends who also seem to have become the most enthusiastic about EVs.