Will electric cars actually save the environment? Or is it over-hyped?
Writing in The Telegraph, Timothy Gibson says the electric car is no silver bullet as a number of issues need to be resolved. Most people would not consider buying them because of concerns about the driving range of such vehicles on a single charge, the lack of charging points, the cost of purchase and the ongoing running costs.
In the New York Times, Kate Galbraith says the hype is inescapable but that most car buyers would be put off by the price tag. In any case, a study by California market research company JD Power and Associates revealed that combined sales of hybrid vehicles and all-electric ones would total just 7.3 percent of the nearly 71 million passenger vehicles sold worldwide in 2020.
Green cars will never take off without massive government support, either through push mechanisms like tax breaks for auto makers or pull mechanisms like incentives for consumers. More free charging stations would required too.
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