A Guide to Electric Car Misinformation (part 2)

[Think. Again.]

Last week I posted an article from the same author on the most common lies about Electric Vehicle policy here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127173094

Here are some excerpts from part 2 on the most common lies about EVs in general.

By Emily Atkin, Apr 03, 2024
Full Article: https://heated.world/p/a-guide-to-electric-car-misinformation-a6a

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Misleading: It’s more environmentally harmful to make an EV than a gas car.

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What’s misleading about the statement is not the statement itself, but the context in which gas car proponents say it. Usually, they’re saying it to convince you that electric cars are way worse than gas cars for the environment. And that’s just frankly illogical, because the vast majority of pollution that comes from cars does not come from making the car. It comes from driving the car.



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Misleading: The U.S. electric grid can’t handle widespread EV adoption.

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In California—the national leader in electric cars with more than 1 million plug-in vehicles—EV charging currently accounts for less than 1 percent of the grid’s total load during peak hours. In 2030, when the number of EVs in California is expected to surpass 5 million, charging is projected to account for less than 5 percent of that load, said Buckley, who described it as a “small amount” of added demand.

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More EV claims, untangled

The Guardian’s “EV mythbusters” series,...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/series/ev-mythbusters

...written by financial journalist Jasper Jolly, has been incredibly helpful in furthering my own understanding of EV misinformation.

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Much more at Full Article:

https://heated.world/p/a-guide-to-electric-car-misinformation-a6a