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#RbPi 13 (2/2019): So, about EVs and Global Warming...

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It’s a new year, and I’m baaaaaack. Will try to be gentle with you today. See below the fold.

       #RbPi (#RESIST-by-Plugging-in) diaries expand awareness that:

When the government is run by oil interests and global-warming deniers, switching to an electric vehicle (EV*) becomes a direct, effective act of #Resistance. On the merits, EVs are viable and increasingly attractive in many segments of the US new and used  auto market.

If you are serious about resisting, have a car, and you haven’t plugged in yet, I hope to help you and your community move ahead in the inevitable path to electrification, sooner rather than later. #Resist.       

*The term “EV” covers both “pure” battery-electric (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). IOW: if it has an externally-rechargeable battery, it’s an EV.

(ICE stands for Internal Combustion Engine: the outdated technology still driving >99% of vehicles)

Action Resource Table DON’T BE FOOLED! THERE IS A GREEN CONSENSUS ON EV’S

EV’S ARE ready for prime time

EV KNOW-BEFORE-YOU-BUY GUIDE

PLENTY OF AFFORDABLE  EV’S out there. EV’S ARE SUPER-GOOD AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING...BUT WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT COBALT IN THE DRC.

Here’s Sierra Club. Here’s Union of Concerned Scientists.  

Here’s Friends of the Earth. Here’s Greenpeace. Here’s the EU position. 

Maybe you are not in a position to get an EV that meets your needs yet. But you surely know someone who is. Find them and help them get it.

Note the potentially bad news under YRWV (tl;dr, in very cold winters range can easily be 30-40% below average), and the good news under Don’t Panic I/II. See this diary for recommended EV model lists.

New EV purchase deals. AND New EV lease deals (that’s how we got our Leaf!)

Some used EV deals; for more see your local Craigslist, etc.

Don’t nickel and dime your own personal footprint of buying an EV. Every transition has its costs. We’re playing the long game here. It is long, but urgent: we need YOU to join.

EVs consumed ~10% of mined cobalt in 2018. And one-third of EVs have no cobalt at all (e.g., Gen 1 Nissan Leafs, most e-buses). But we must do more to curb “artisanal mines” where child labor/slavery is widespread.  DRC’s children deserve better. 

Some Leading EV Websites

INSIDEEVS.COM

EV SALES BLOGTransport EvolvedELECTREKGREEN CAR CONGRESSFULLY CHARGEDGREEN CAR REPORTSEV NEWS Daily

My favorite EV site. Used to be independent, now bought by a media company. Still the best. Home of the monthly US plug-in sales scorecard — which has become the standard source for US EV numbers. I write there occasionally ;)

Current/historical numbers from most global EV markets. The main resource for my annual Top 10 Countries in the EV Revolution series.
EV website and Youtube channel with weekly episodes, by tireless EV pioneer Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield.
Newer than insideevs, flashier, but very Tesla-dominated.
Often takes a deeper dive into technical and academic articles.
This Youtube channel has been created and hosted since 2010 by English actor Robert Llewellyn. Specializes in reviews of new EVs, from a pro-EV angle.
Pretty similar to insideevs, but not limited to EVs only.
Daily digest in plain-text format, plus a podcast if you prefer your news that way.


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