The focus on electric cars has been in overdrive of late with the listing of electric vehicle company Tesla Motors. But will electric cars save the planet? Are they all they are cracked up to be?
Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Joseph White suggests that electric cars will not take off when we still can't get any clear answers on questions like how far can you drive before you have to recharge, and, where can you go to recharge when you are on the road, far from home?
Henry Aubin in the Montreal Gazette says that reports show the global car market will be booming but most of the vehicles will still be the conventional sort. And besides, most of the energy of rechargeable batteries come primarily from plants that burn coal, natural gas or oil, all of which produce greenhouse gases.
Still, there is no doubt that lithium batteries will reduce pollution. But they are no silver bullet to fight climate change.
The only way that can happen is if people drive less, bringing communities closer and creating better public transport.
If nothing else, it's also a warning to the investors still buying Tesla stock. They could lose a lot of money.
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