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Your concerns are basically straight up range anxiety. Anecdotally speaking, my previous vehicle was the only one out of 4 vehicles on camping trips for severa
by ygjb 5y ago
Your concerns are basically straight up range anxiety. Anecdotally speaking, my previous vehicle was the only one out of 4 vehicles on camping trips for several years that had mechanical issues.
The simple reality is that in most of North America you are less than 2 hours away from help in case of mechanical defect. Inside the United States, with few exceptions, it's must closer. You are just as vulnerable to mechanical failure with a gas vehicle as you are with an electric vehicle.
That said, it's currently a consumer choice, but as a tax payer and a consumer I desperately want my (Canadian) government to end all subsidies for fossil fuel industries, and introduce additional taxes with a direct path to those taxes being used to subsidize and invest in electric alternatives.
- throwawayboise 5y agoWhat is the breakdown of electrical power generation in your area of Canada? Your EV may still be mostly/entirely fossil-fueled.
- eropple 5y agoA fossil-fueled EV by seems by all accounts I've seen to be less environmentally impactful than an ICE vehicle. https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/21/22585682/electric-vehicles-greenhouse-gas-emissions-lifecycle-assessment https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/21/22585682/electric-vehicle...
- ygjb 5y agoFor Canada https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/science-and-data/data-and-analysis/energy-data-and-analysis/energy-facts/electricity-facts/20068 https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/science-and-data/data-and-analysis/e... Specifically for BC, where I live: https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-commodities/electricity/report/2016-canadian-renewable-power/province/canadas-renewable-power-landscape-2016-energy-market-analysis-british-columbia.html https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-commoditie...
- emilecantin 5y agoIt's 100% hydro and wind in most of Québec (second-most populous province). The number for _all_ of Québec is something like 98%, but that 2% is remote communities that can't reasonably be connected to the provincial grid (like the Magdalen Islands). The main grid is 100% renewables. Source: https://www.hydroquebec.com/about/our-energy.html https://www.hydroquebec.com/about/our-energy.html