Can Colorado sell enough EVs to hit its climate change goals?

The Colorado Sun ^ | 4/12/2021 | Michael Booth

[SaxxonWoods]

Skeptics abound for getting to 100,000 in sales within a year or two when consumers are only buying a few thousand a year now.

[SaxxonWoods]

Colorado is probably one of the worst states in which to own an electric car as one's main vehicle. High elevations, steep mountain roads and extreme cold make for poor driving ranges.

I've never seen a report on range gotten when driving in zero or below temperatures at elevations from 6000 to 11,000 feet, etc.

[eyeamok]

If they made it a Felony for any Public Employee in the State to use, own or possess any Motorized Vehicle that Burns Fossil Fuel, they could meet their goal easily.

[toddausauras]

What a joke...let us drive our gas powered cars in peace. “Climate goals”. Give me a break.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

In my lifetime I've seen Colorado transition from farmers, ranchers, oilmen, and roustabouts to a land of fairies and twinks—a tragedy for Colorado and America.

[freedumb2003]

CO has 6 million (generous) people. The population of the Earth is around 8 billion.

So Colorado is around .075 of 1%. Its “climate change” effect will be the same as a mouse in a standard American home no longer farting.

AFTER overcoming the insurmountable hurdle of AGW not being science - if it was it would be predictive and only have one model. It meets zero criteria for a Scientific Theory.

[econjack]

Interesting that the gov’t is telling everyone to buy EV’s, but in Ohio when you go to license that electric vehicle, your license plates cost you an additionala $200 because “you’re not paying enough gasoline taxes”. Another stupid Left-hand-Right-hand gov’t screwup.

[econjack]

Exactly. It’s like roping off a “No Peeing Zone” in a public swimming pool. Look at:

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/chem/isobaric/250hPa/overlay=cosc/orthographic=-241.78,36.87,422

Click on the globe and hold and you can rotate the image. Look at China.

[frank ballenger]

Sounds very much like MLB will have to move the All Star Game out of Colorado.

A state of climate change deniers it now comes out.

[woodbutcher1963]

Don’t forget your winter chains(an extra 200 lbs).

[freedumb2003]

Interesting.

Great site - thanks!

[CodeToad]

No. There is no climate change and there is no way man can effect one.

[mountainlion]

There are not enough charging stations nor enough electrical resources as the eco-terrorists are shutting down normal electrical generating facilities. Polis took his police state down form the number 4 economy to the 4th from the bottom. People will not be able to afford electric vehicles.

[Seruzawa]

“Colorado” isn’t going to sell anything. Auto manufacturers do.

Idiots.

[Seruzawa]

They can buy these:

[mountainlion]

They can buy these: ..

I won’t. Where are they going to get the power for it? A generator in a trailer behind might be a good idea. How many hours does it take to charge?

[Bonemaker]

“Can Colorado sell enough EVs to hit its climate change goals?”

How many democrats are there in Calirado?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"Where are they going to get the power for it?"

Methinks you missed the point of the photograph. Take a close look at that big oil-powered device hiding behind the EV charger.

[mountainlion]

Methinks you missed the point of the photograph. ...

The picture was cropped and the generator was not there.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Cropped? The generator is right there on my screen. Maybe your screen is tiny?

[joedish]

This guy did a summer / winter comparison. I don’t believe elevation impacts Miles per kilowatt, like miles per gallon, but of course the cold has some impact in charging rates and power used to heat the cabin and batteries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UskzfQJt2Bc

As I recall when I first watched not really to much difference.