I live in San Francisco. The DMV doesn't appear to have a category for NEVs.
This is the original quote: ARK expects that sales of smaller, cheaper, “neighborhood electric vehicles” will rise dramatically as a share of total EV sales.
People are still trying to find a name for FUV, which will become distinct vehicle category branched off from "sedan" and championed by Arcimoto.
My cousin just bought a Prius. When he was telling me about it, he mentioned he had to get his house rewired, because the electrical couldn't handle EV charging as it was before he bought the car. A lot of people I talk to have said they got their houses tested, and found out they'd have to do the same thing. Most of the houses in my mid-Michigan city were built in the first half of the 1900s, and have been scarcely updated since. Hell, most of the outlets in my house still only have 2 holes instead of 3. I got my house tested, and surprise surprise, it was also unfit for an EV charger.
This is a huge problem, and it doesn't seem to be getting addressed all that thoroughly by people pushing electric vehicle, nor does the issue of batteries just going into landfills and leeching chemicals into the environment seem to be getting addressed. I believe that if we're deadset on going with electric vehicles, rather than pursuing more environmentally friendly liquid fuels, such as hydrogen, we should at least provide a government assistance program that completely covers a home owner/renter/landlord's cost of rewiring a house, to be more fit for electric vehicle charging.
As for the environmental concerns, I believe we should be looking more seriously into liquid hydrogen, and if the technology isn't ready, use electric vehicles as a stepping stone. I really don't see a way to make the battery problem not be a problem, without just not using them.
Driving to work this morning and got stuck behind an electric milk float (not such a regular occurrence nowadays)
Got me thinking about the old electric ones that used to do the rounds when I was a kid
We're only just starting to see electric vehicles become a mainstream thing in the UK, so why was milk delivery so different?
As a Chevrolet volt owner. It's the best vehicle I have ever owned. I avg 45 mpg on gas and get about 50miles electric. I have zero need to charge at a station on a road trip.
For my day to day I never even touch the generator but it comes in clutch on family trips.
The only thing they should have done was get a diesel generator for higher efficiency. I have seen estimates at 70mpg on a compatible diesel generator.
