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Myths About Electric Vehicles

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I'd really like to take credit for the information below, but the truth of the matter is it comes from my friends at Plug In America. PIA is an amazing advocacy group that seeks to inform the public and shape policy regarding all aspects of electric and plug in electric vehicles. They do amazing work and have great stuff on there site like a vehicle tracker that shows everything that is known about electric vehicles from the companies that are/will be making them.

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  • 1: MYTH: EVs don't have enough range. You'll be stranded when you run out of electricity.
  • 2: MYTH: EVs are good for short city trips only
  • 3: MYTH: EVs just replace the tailpipe with a smokestack
  • 4: MYTH: The charging infrastructure must be built before people will adopt EVs
  • 5: MYTH: The grid will crash if millions of plug-ins charge at once
  • 6: MYTH: Battery chemicals are bad for the environment and can?t be recycled
  • 7: MYTH: EVs take too long to charge
  • 8: MYTH: Plug-ins are too expensive for market penetration
  • 9: MYTH: Batteries will cost $15,000 to replace after only a few years
  • 10: MYTH: There isn't enough lithium in the world to make all the new batteries
  • 11: MYTH: Lithium batteries are dangerous and can explode
  • 12: MYTH: Most of us will still be driving gas cars through 2050
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