"One of the things I'm proudest that we've done in this administration is we've told Europe that if you want to buy weapons, you can, but the United States is not buying weapons and sending them to Ukraine anymore," Vance said.
Because we have not a better alternatives. EV cars are nice, but you need to be able to charge them everywhere and that is still not true (leaving aside the time to recharge since it can be at night) especially in older apartment buildings or homes. Not taking into consideration the ones who would oppose the installation of charger just because. And you need to produce the electricity to charge them.
We have better alternatives for transportation and fuel.
In the big cities yes, you have a (somewhat) decent public transportation system as alternative.
In a small town any sort public transportation system would be not cost-effective and not time-effective.
When the time you spend to commute daily using a public transportation system is longer than the one with the car, the car is the obvious choice with all its problems.
But even leaving aside the commute to work problem, solvable working from home, a small town has not all the services (like higher grade schools, hospitals, malls, specifics shops) you need and while sometimes you can use a train or a bus, most of the time using a car is way faster.
I think hybrid cars are an overlooked bridge here - can take advantage of electric infrastructure (and motivate its expansion) but also still rely on existing infrastructure during the transition.
I agree. In my opinion hydrid cars are what we need to encourage as an intermediate step before switching to full EV cars. But that imply to still use petrol and gasoline, even if in much smaller quantities and that seems not to go well with the “death to ICE cars” charade.
I always find the EV argument bizzare, that it’s either you can’t charge them in public or you can’t charge them at home. Even if you cannot charge it at home, it still is possible literally everywhere else. Plus you can plug it in into literally any wall outlet, even in the Americas where they only have 120 volts. The argument is mute, because literally every place ever has electricity. You don’t need your own power plant to charge your EV. A wall outlet you charge your phone from is sufficient. Plus, where I from, every bigger supermarket has at least two charging stations. It is possible to charge a vehicle from any wall outlet, be that public or private. Just like with a phone. Why not with cars? Add to that, most trips are less than 50 kilometers anyway, so there is also no range argument. Why stick to obsolete technologies if there’s a better alternative, a sovereign alternative.
It is not an bizarre argument. In many places in cities you cannot charge an EV car at home, not because you have not the plug but simply because you have not the necessary space.
You are right that you just need a wall outlet, but not everywhere the wall outlet and the car are near enough to be doable. A lot of older condo and houses have not a parking spot and if they have it maybe it is not near enough. And when a condo has not a private parking (let it be an underground garage or simply a designated parking space on the ground level) the car is parked on the street and you cannot install dozens of charging station on every street (or use an extension cord dozens meters long)
Then it is true that these days every supermarket has a number of charging stations but I suppose that people would not go to the supermarket just to charge the car and in small town the supermarket maybe is in the nearby town.
It is possible to charge a vehicle from any wall outlet, be that public or private. Just like with a phone. Why not with cars?
True, but you need to be able to charge everywhere you go and as today this is simply not true, the electric grid it not ready and in most countries you have not enough charging station to support the case of even only a 25% fleet of EV car
Add to that, most trips are less than 50 kilometers anyway, so there is also no range argument.
Never said the range is a problem. Oh well, it can be in some cases, like longer trips (too long for a single charge but too short to justify a 2 hours break) but these are edge cases.
Why stick to obsolete technologies if there’s a better alternative, a sovereign alternative.
The better alternative now are not a full EV cars but a hybrid cars.
Because we have not a better alternatives. EV cars are nice, but you need to be able to charge them everywhere and that is still not true (leaving aside the time to recharge since it can be at night) especially in older apartment buildings or homes. Not taking into consideration the ones who would oppose the installation of charger just because. And you need to produce the electricity to charge them.
In the big cities yes, you have a (somewhat) decent public transportation system as alternative.
In a small town any sort public transportation system would be not cost-effective and not time-effective.
When the time you spend to commute daily using a public transportation system is longer than the one with the car, the car is the obvious choice with all its problems.
But even leaving aside the commute to work problem, solvable working from home, a small town has not all the services (like higher grade schools, hospitals, malls, specifics shops) you need and while sometimes you can use a train or a bus, most of the time using a car is way faster.
I think hybrid cars are an overlooked bridge here - can take advantage of electric infrastructure (and motivate its expansion) but also still rely on existing infrastructure during the transition.
I agree. In my opinion hydrid cars are what we need to encourage as an intermediate step before switching to full EV cars. But that imply to still use petrol and gasoline, even if in much smaller quantities and that seems not to go well with the “death to ICE cars” charade.
I always find the EV argument bizzare, that it’s either you can’t charge them in public or you can’t charge them at home. Even if you cannot charge it at home, it still is possible literally everywhere else. Plus you can plug it in into literally any wall outlet, even in the Americas where they only have 120 volts. The argument is mute, because literally every place ever has electricity. You don’t need your own power plant to charge your EV. A wall outlet you charge your phone from is sufficient. Plus, where I from, every bigger supermarket has at least two charging stations. It is possible to charge a vehicle from any wall outlet, be that public or private. Just like with a phone. Why not with cars? Add to that, most trips are less than 50 kilometers anyway, so there is also no range argument. Why stick to obsolete technologies if there’s a better alternative, a sovereign alternative.
It is not an bizarre argument. In many places in cities you cannot charge an EV car at home, not because you have not the plug but simply because you have not the necessary space.
You are right that you just need a wall outlet, but not everywhere the wall outlet and the car are near enough to be doable. A lot of older condo and houses have not a parking spot and if they have it maybe it is not near enough. And when a condo has not a private parking (let it be an underground garage or simply a designated parking space on the ground level) the car is parked on the street and you cannot install dozens of charging station on every street (or use an extension cord dozens meters long)
Then it is true that these days every supermarket has a number of charging stations but I suppose that people would not go to the supermarket just to charge the car and in small town the supermarket maybe is in the nearby town.
True, but you need to be able to charge everywhere you go and as today this is simply not true, the electric grid it not ready and in most countries you have not enough charging station to support the case of even only a 25% fleet of EV car
Never said the range is a problem. Oh well, it can be in some cases, like longer trips (too long for a single charge but too short to justify a 2 hours break) but these are edge cases.
The better alternative now are not a full EV cars but a hybrid cars.