Letters to the Editor: The Bolt is disappearing. Why we should welcome electric SUVs (for now) (via latimesopinion )
As an engineer who owns and has built electric vehicles, I completely agree that cars are too heavy. But I can assure you that car makers would really like to make them lighter, someday. They will get better, but the batteries are the problem. New batteries are on the way, but they take years of development.Advertisement
Yes, the Hummer, Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian are all heavy EVs that are less efficient. But switching from a gas truck to an EV truck saves a lot more greenhouse gas emissions than switching from a smaller car to a smaller EV. My volunteer work at the Tesla Irvine delivery center has put me face to face with the impact of lower cost, as Tesla has slashed prices.
There are better, less expensive choices coming. But as your editorial states, government tailoring incentives for lower-cost options would help a lot.We want an electric car that’s more affordable than the behemoth SUVs coming off the line. I don’t understand why auto manufacturers push us into bigger and bigger vehicles, when many of us just need to get around town.
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