Willie via EV wrote:
Everyone has his own view and perceptions of the elephant. The three blind men parable.
I agree. You may be standing at the front end of the elephant, where things are pretty interesting. But I happen to be standing at the tail-end, where things don't smell so nice.
Yes, they've sold over a million EVs in the US; but that's only about 1% of ICE sales. That's hardly what I'd call a "tipping point".
Yes, if you live in a big city (especially in California), seeing EVs is a daily occurrence. CA is reporting something like 15 EVs per 1000 people. But where I live in the midwest, it's less than 1 per 1000 people. The only places with a significant number of EVs are in the big cities (Chicago, Minneapolis, etc).
Yes, many countries are doing far better than the US at adopting and converting their vehicle fleets to EVs. But since we keep selling millions more ICEs every year, vehicle emissions have continue to rise 2-3% per year, every year, and have been for at least the past 10 years.
You know I'm a strong proponent of EVs! But I also have to be realistic. We're winning the war (slowly); but we're not there yet!
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