Nothing can help combat something that doesn't exist.
They are cheap to build and maintain, especially in the Midwest...lot of hills there, if a bump in the road is considered a "hill."
DUH
Coal powered cars just doesn’t sound as eco-friendly as cars that are magically powered by electricity from fairy dust and unicorn farts.
Wow, that headline was written by Captain Obvious.
Energy is energy. Something has to get hot to produce the electricity. And that produces by-products of the process.
Collectivists need to be held by the hand and walked around in this world.
Regarding how power is generated, let’s take a look at rainy Oregon. Since Oregon relies on hydroelectric power for much of its electric power needs, consider the following.
Given that rain is the product of solar activity, it can be argued that electric vehicles used in Oregon are solar powered. This is ironic since northwestern states are known for being overcast.
Corrections, insights welcome.
Seriously though, is there really a serious number of people who don’t know that the electricity for an electric car comes typically from fossil fuels?
When we first started to hear about electric cars to combat CO2, here and other places, someone ALWAYS said, “Why have a car that runs on coal?” Now, after years go by, Scientific American finally says “It depends on how the electricity is generated”, as to how ‘clean’ your electric car is. So glad those guys finally caught up.
What it amounts to is a street-legal golf cart.