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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a very strong anti EV crowd in DC. When I bought mine I was expecting grief from the "rolling coal" crowd, but I have not seen any of that, simply condemnation from the "ban cars" crowd. Far more so than I used to personally witness when I road a gas car. I think that the bike/car banning crowd, saw a city with no cars in their reaches and now are seeing this popularizing of EV's. The easiest way to fight that is to make them as difficult as possible to own and make their ownership seen as some sort of equality denial indicator.[/quote]

I think you’re overestimating the number of people in D.C. who want to ban cars and also the extent to which they thought that goal was actually achievable. It is true that some people working in this space think EVs are just a bandaid on the underlying problem of a society that’s organized to be too car-centric (a sentiment which I agree with to some extent, which is why I try to walk, bike, or take public transit rather than driving even an electric car when I can). But most policy makers and advocates would rather have electric cars than gas-powered ones, even as they also want to make it easier and more convenient to get around without any cars at all. [/quote]

Not to mention that #BanCars doesn't literally mean: ban cars. It means: greatly reduce the car-centricity of our land use and transportation system, especially in cities.

I think that are definitely people who believe that switching from internal-combustion-engine cars to electric cars will solve all car-related problems, and it won't. The only car-related problem it will solve is tailpipe emissions. It will also reduce carbon emissions, if the electricity for charging the cars comes from renewable sources. All of the other problems - parking, roads, traffic, sprawl, a car-dependent lifestyle, serious injuries and deaths - will still be there.[/quote]

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