[Peakoil] Why cheap gas can’t kill the electric car - The Washington Post

[Keith Thomas]

My own skepticism about electric cars is as firm as ever.

This article just confirms my point: electric cars are a non-starter in a free market. Of course, a State like California can distort the market with mandates, subsidies and incentives. But this just shows that any non-starter can look like a blossoming success if public tax money is diverted from the usual education, health and infrastructure services to provide a gift for the manufacturers, service agents and buyers.

The article did not mention the prices of new cars. In the UK a Nissan Leaf is £16,500 with a £5,000 government subsidy. A comparable petroleum fuelled car is about £7-8,000 less per unit.
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On 27 Jan 2015, at 4:00 am, Antony Broughton Barry <antonybbarry at me.com> wrote:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-cheap-gas-cant-kill-the-electric-car/2015/01/16/131341ba-9c10-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html

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