How Electric Vehicles Make Practical Sense Under Multiple Scenarios

CLIMATE HOUR – Today’s electric vehicles out-perform gas vehicles on every front. A study at Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute found that the average cost to operate an EV in the U.S. was $485 per year, compared to an average cost of $1,117 to operate a gas vehicle. That’s a 56% savings in EV operating costs. A U.S. Department of Energy study found that scheduled maintenance on an average EV costs 6.1 cents per mile compared to a cost of 10.1 cents per mile for an average gas vehicle. That’s a 40% savings in EV maintenance. And our friends at the Union of Concerned Scientists report that, over the lifetime of your car, the average emissions of an EV is 28 metric tons compared to a gas vehicle’s 57 metric tons. That’s a 51% reduction in EV greenhouse gas emissions.

Electric Vehicles now cost the same as equivalent gas-powered cars, and a single charge will take you the same distance as a single tank of gas. Electric vehicles are cost-effective, healthy, and great for the planet. There’s no reason not to own one today.

Join host, Bob Grove, and guests to discuss how electric vehicles make practical sense under multiple scenarios. Guests include:

• Chris Yunker, Managing Director of Resilience, Clean Transportation and Analytics at the Hawaii State Energy Office


• David Reichmuth, Senior Scientist in the Clean Transportation Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists


• Jamie Green, Managing Consultant at Plug-in KC


• Kathy Harris, Director of Clean Vehicles at the Natural Resources Defense Council

To learn more, visit …

• https://energy.hawaii.gov/


• https://www.ucsusa.org


• https://www.pluginkc.org


• https://www.ndrc.org


• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6JPDD24

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