Economy
The EV-hater’s guide to hating electric cars
Electric vehicles (EVs) are a sales flop and a dismal failure. Or so I was told this week — and last week and the week before — by respected newspapers.
The “sales flop” part surprised me, since I am one of thousands of people waiting in line to buy my electric vehicle. I made my reservation for the car in April 2010, and am hoping for delivery by April 2012. If a car has a two-year wait list, is it a sales flop? Never mind.
The latest article’s author, like the others, conveniently left out the part about the long waiting list. And he left out a few other things as well. Maybe these folks are just too busy to check their facts. Or maybe something else is going on.
To a true EV-hater, the image of an electric car will always be the small, weak, battery-powered vehicles from the 1970s. Preferably, the EV will be depicted on a flatbed truck, getting towed after running out of electricity.
Whatever the reason, the media often has an irrational disdain for electric vehicles. And a similar disdain is common among the general population too. The same EV-hating arguments are repeated ad nauseam in the media. After analyzing the key arguments of the EV haters, I have compiled what I believe is the first-ever “EV-Hater’s Guide to Hating Electric Cars.” If you really hate EVs — and you know who you are — then this Top 10 guide is especially for you.
First, commit these truthy facts to memory:
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