{"id":336788,"date":"2023-02-09T17:40:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T22:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/?p=336788"},"modified":"2023-02-09T04:47:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T09:47:15","slug":"new-warnings-about-extra-large-electric-vehicles-include-climate-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/2023\/02\/new-warnings-about-extra-large-electric-vehicles-include-climate-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"New Warnings about Extra-Large Electric Vehicles Include \u201cclimate concerns\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

by B.N. Frank, Activist Post<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Despite the significant issues that have been identified in electric vehicles (EVs) \u2013\u00a0including environmental issues<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/em>EVs still have many proponents, including the Biden Administration which continues to fund their manufacturing, maintenance, and operation while promoting EVs as eco-friendly (see\u00a01<\/a>,\u00a02<\/a>,\u00a03<\/a>,\u00a04<\/a>).\u00a0 Issues associated specifically with\u00a0oversized EVs<\/a>\u00a0have also been raised before and recently again.<\/p>\n

From\u00a0Energy News:<\/a><\/p>\n

TRUTH LIVES on at\u00a0https:\/\/sgtreport.tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n

From\u00a0Energy News:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The problem with extra-large EVs<\/h3>\n

by\u00a0Kathryn Krawczyk<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hello and welcome to Energy News Weekly!<\/p>\n

Getting behind the wheel of new electric vehicles has become a signature move for self-proclaimed \u201ccar guy\u201d President Joe Biden. But his choice of car has some climate advocates hitting the brakes.<\/p>\n

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President Joe Biden test drives the Hummer EV during a tour of General Motors\u2019 Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit. Credit: Adam Schultz \/ Official White House Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Biden has spent his presidency touting the future of electric vehicles and even taking a few for a spin, including the\u00a0Ford F-150 Lightning<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Hummer EV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those EVs have\u00a0one big thing in common<\/strong>: their batteries. The Ford Lightning\u2019s battery\u00a0weighs in at 1,800 pounds<\/a>, while the Hummer EV\u2019s 2,923-pound battery alone\u00a0weighs more<\/a>\u00a0than a whole gasoline-powered Honda Civic. And that extra weight comes with some negative consequences.<\/p>\n

For starters, heavier cars mean more wear and tear on roads. The head of the National Transportation Safety Board has also\u00a0warned<\/a>\u00a0that big EVs like the Hummer could increase the risk of serious injury or death for pedestrians and other drivers when they\u2019re in accidents.<\/p>\n

Then there are the climate concerns<\/strong>. Bigger batteries require a lot of critical minerals, which, for the most part, are\u00a0extracted using fossil fuel power<\/a>. It also takes a lot more electricity to power those cars, and the electric grid still relies heavily on fossil fuels as well.<\/p>\n

So while the Hummer EV may become better for the climate when more renewables come online, for now,\u00a0it emits more carbon per mile<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0than the most efficient gasoline-powered cars.<\/p>\n

All these factors have led some climate advocates to call on the Biden administration and automakers to\u00a0build and promote smaller EVs<\/a>. But others would like to see federal funding go toward\u00a0another overlooked climate solution<\/strong>:\u00a0public transit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read More @ ActivistPost.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by B.N. Frank, Activist Post: Despite the significant issues that have been identified in electric vehicles (EVs) \u2013\u00a0including environmental issues\u00a0\u2013\u00a0EVs still have many proponents, including the Biden Administration which continues to fund their manufacturing, maintenance, and operation while promoting EVs as eco-friendly (see\u00a01,\u00a02,\u00a03,\u00a04).\u00a0 Issues associated specifically with\u00a0oversized EVs\u00a0have also been raised before and recently again. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":336791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[148172],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}