Hooray! I am about to achieve a Daily Kos first for me: to actually complete a diary series as promised.
This is the 5th and last diary in a series on the current state of electric vehicles (EVs), focusing on the US. The first 4 diaries were posted in September-October. Diaries #1 and #2 dealt with environmental issues. The third and fourth (labeled 3A and 3B) were about EV market trends, business viability and consumer value. Their bottom line was:
EVs are very close now, perhaps a single year away, from attaining the critical mass and momentum needed to irreversibly affect the automotive market - and, more importantly - the oil economy itself. This final diary will deal with the technology itself. The list of EV-related tech myths and concerns is practically endless. But given I am neither a mechanical nor an electrical engineer nor an auto hobbyist/enthusiast (my training in numbers and science was a much better match for the previous diaries) and also given the expected limited audience, I will try to keep it simple and of reasonable length, looking at only 2-3 leading myths.Please follow me below the electric bus...
Electric bus by Chinese automaker BYD, with a real-life range of 150+ miles, in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.