'Don’t overlook the viability of electric cars'
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/30843399/survey-8-in-10-residents-concerned-about-climate-change Survey: 8 in 10 residents concerned about climate change Dec 28, 2015 Jonathan Rombaoa ... The survey also showed a growing interest in electric vehicles. About 1 in 3 Hawaii residents said that they were thinking of buying an electric vehicle. Of the prospective EV owners, 53 percent had not yet purchased one because of perceptions about price, while 35 percent were concerned about access to charging infrastructure. Maui residents expressed the highest level of interest. Some 36 percent of Maui residents are thinking of purchasing an EV. [© hawaiinewsnow.com 2015 Hawaii News Now] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Survey_says_(TV_phrase) Survey says (TV phrase) https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-overlook-the-viability-of-electric-cars/2015/12/28/92fea788-acb9-11e5-b281-43c0b56f61fa_story.html Don’t overlook the viability of electric cars December 28 2015 [image https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2015/12/28/Editorial-Opinion/Images/2015-12-10T025548Z_01_PEK303_RTRIDSP_3_CHINA-POLLUTION-AUTOS.jpg?uuid=9ffwwq10EeW4IO6k1kvioQ A customer checks a BYD e6 electric car at a dealership in Beijing on Dec. 9. (Jason Lee/Reuters) ] The Post offered many insightful observations in its review of this year’s energy-sector developments [“For energy, 2015 is a turning point,” Economy & Business, Dec. 26]. But the article failed to recognize one key trend and, consequently, was far too pessimistic about our likely continued dependence on oil for transport. As Bloomberg analysts observed this year, battery prices have been falling much more rapidly than predicted and are where the International Energy Agency projected they would be in 2020. Tesla projects a further 30 percent reduction from increased production and manufacturing improvements. Electric cars also have inherent advantages in simplicity and performance such that they could very well become the dominant new car purchase as soon as a decade from now, even without a return to very high oil prices. -Alan Miller, Rockville [MD] [© 2016 The Washington Post] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Survey-sez-Hawaiians-are-thinking-of-buying-an-EV-tp4679484.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
