while the headline is a bit self-evident, the article itself covers a lot of interesting ground on the politics and practical implementation of doing this, and what places around the world are doing to try and reduce car usage
while the headline is a bit self-evident, the article itself covers a lot of interesting ground on the politics and practical implementation of doing this, and what places around the world are doing to try and reduce car usage
Regardless of the fuel, single-passenger vehicles are an incredibly inefficient mode of transportation. There’s no reason for many cities and city centers to be as car-centric as they are, and any energy savings that could be achieved with EVs in these cities would only be multiplied if wide roads were replaced with walkable paths and effective public transport.
My biggest problem (as an engineer) is that the hype around EVs ignores the possibility that there are better solutions. It’s easy to get invested in a cool idea but you can’t fixate on it and forget about the problem that you set out to solve in the first place.