8 US States Pushing For 3.3 Million Electric Cars

An anonymous reader writes "A coalition of eight U.S. states, including New York and California, have announced a plan to get 3.3 million zero-emission electric vehicles onto their roads by 2025. 'The states, which represent more than a quarter of the national car market, said they would seek to develop charging stations that all took the same form of payment, simplify rules for installing chargers and set building codes and other regulations to require the stations at workplaces, multifamily residences and at other places.' An editorial in Quartz says that while the initiative itself is fine, the states should really take cues from Tesla if they want to plan out an infrastructure that will convince people to switch. ' For longer distances, [Tesla drivers] can stop at "Supercharger" stations strategically placed along highways that let them add 150 miles of range in as little as 20 minutes. Currently, [government] money is being spent on installing much-slower chargers at stores, shopping malls and other urban locations in the hope that drivers will use them. Tesla says it will blanket the US with its Superchargers for a fraction of the cost, because it studies the driving patterms of its customers and installs charging stations only where they tend to travel. This isn't hard; most other electric cars also record their drivers' habits. If privacy concerns could be addressed and automakers would be willing to share that data with government transportation planners, the rollout of public charging stations could be more targeted and cash-efficient.'"

Re:There is no Magic Energy Fairy

[Ralph Spoilsport]

Or, develop a society that is actually based in sustainable principles and change the way you live and work so it is more in accordance with your local environment. And if that means the end of your happy motoring society and a disallowal of nuclear power, STFU and adapt.

Re:One thing is for sure

[Ol Olsoc]

All 8 states have Democratic governors; in fact they're all in one of the two solid blue blocks of the country, the West Coast and the Northeast Corridor. As a Mass. resident, I'm not surprised that 4 of the 6 New England states are represented; of the missing, Maine has a Tea Party Republican governor. Not sure what happened to New Hampshire, but that's a purple state that prides itself on small government.

This is all that Rat Bastard RINO Eisenhower's fault. If it wasn't for his liberal socialist handout program to build the interstate highway system, we wouldn't have this automobile problem.