If you are switching to an EV for the environment keep in mind that about 50% of an ICE vehicles carbon emissions happen before you drive it off the dealer's lot. And you control the amount you drive so you can reduce the emissions/cost you create while you own the ICE vehicle. As opposed to ditching one and starting again with that huge carbon hit on an EV.
I've got an ICE vehicle that is about 10yrs through its 20yr lifespan \[based on my usage patterns\]. I'll keep it and get an EV next vehicle I buy, which I will keep for a couple decades. Hopefully EV tech will be much further along by then and prices will be lower.
For now I am just limiting my driving to trips that need a vehicle and riding my bike as much as I can, which is a fair bit. Not driving/maintaining/parking any vehicle is a better improvement than changing what fuel it uses and it's a lot cheaper as well.
To Pete's point...no it won't get you into the backcountry, but if you use your ICE vehicle for the few trips like that you do a year that's not a bad choice in my books vs. the gratuitous driving I see all day everyday from so many folks.
Dec. 15, 2018, 7:09 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
If you are switching to an EV for the environment keep in mind that about 50% of an ICE vehicles carbon emissions happen before you drive it off the dealer's lot. And you control the amount you drive so you can reduce the emissions/cost you create while you own the ICE vehicle. As opposed to ditching one and starting again with that huge carbon hit on an EV. I've got an ICE vehicle that is about 10yrs through its 20yr lifespan \[based on my usage patterns\]. I'll keep it and get an EV next vehicle I buy, which I will keep for a couple decades. Hopefully EV tech will be much further along by then and prices will be lower. For now I am just limiting my driving to trips that need a vehicle and riding my bike as much as I can, which is a fair bit. Not driving/maintaining/parking any vehicle is a better improvement than changing what fuel it uses and it's a lot cheaper as well. To Pete's point...no it won't get you into the backcountry, but if you use your ICE vehicle for the few trips like that you do a year that's not a bad choice in my books vs. the gratuitous driving I see all day everyday from so many folks.