Wasting money and resources on EVs

 Thomas Lifson:

Virtually alone among major auto manufacturers, Toyota has been a skeptic about the conversion of vehicle fleets to battery-powered electric vehicles. For people incapable of thinking two or three steps ahead, E.V.s are "zero emission" and therefore "save the planet" from CO2 (presumed to control the Earth's temperature despite no statistical correlation). But this leaves out the environmental and CO2 cost of generating and transmitting electricity (mostly by burning coal in the U.S. and many other countries), manufacturing (and recycling) the enormous batteries, and the energy and wear-and-tear cost of the much heavier cars that result. Energy losses due to resistance in power lines generate heat and costs a substantial fraction of the energy input before the consumer uses the output.

Nonetheless, rival manufacturers such as Ford and GM have leapt into the transition and are investing bullions and enduring billions in losses to convert their products to E.V.s.

Yesterday, Toyota released a study demonstrating that use of the "eco mode" on some of its gasoline-powered vehicles saves CO2 emissions and gasoline consumption far more than people realize and may rival any potential savings from conversion to E.V.s....
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The market for EVs is overrated as is their efficacy.  We are also discovering that the weight of EVs is a problem for garages built for parking combustion engine vehicles.

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