tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post9132288658247916994..comments2024-03-17T08:16:42.227+01:00Comments on World Streets: The Politics of Transport in Cities: EVs: First clarification on impact in citiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-53597950615250233082009-08-05T12:34:38.257+02:002009-08-05T12:34:38.257+02:00Methadone for Road Hogs
There's been a lot of...Methadone for Road Hogs<br /><br />There's been a lot of talk in the last few years concerning Zero-Emissions Vehicles, or ZEVs, which are supposed to cure global warming, end smog, and close up the ozone hole while still maintaining the great American privilege of driving anywhere farther than half a block in the air-conditioned, six-speakered, window-tinted comfort of your mobile isolation Rick Risemberg , Los Angeles CA USAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-6626074823397931122009-08-04T21:52:56.360+02:002009-08-04T21:52:56.360+02:00Three key issues my Stanford and Cal students have...Three key issues my Stanford and Cal students have ferreted out.<br /><br />Do EV pay their road tax? In California, we pay 3 cents/mile in road taxes. IF an advanced EV gets 5 miles/kwh, that works out to 15 cents/kwh, more than double the average price of electricity in California. TAX THOSE MILES<br /><br />Even with taxed electricity, EV still cost 30-50% per mile as much as gasoline cars Lee Schipper, Berkeley CA USAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10939281.post-44639192792700352422009-08-04T11:24:25.440+02:002009-08-04T11:24:25.440+02:00Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose!
I a...Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose!<br /><br />I agree fully with the views expressed here (after all I belong to one of Bremen's "sister" cities - Pune!). It is often easy to overstate the role of technology (as against systems, social/political/cultural issues) probably technology is easier to "harness" than all the other slippery stuff.Ashok Sreenivashttp://www.parisar.orgnoreply@blogger.com