Wit Ventures: Electric Vehicles and Range Anxiety.

Saturday, 21 October 2017

Electric Vehicles and Range Anxiety.

From Cathy Dobson, The Sarnia Journal.

John Ward predicts a new kind of fear will soon sweep the nation called ‘range anxiety.’

That’s what he calls the gnawing worry that sets in when electric car users aren’t sure they have enough power to make it to the next charging station.

“These are not long distance vehicles,” Ward cautioned as guest speaker at the latest Green Drinks Sarnia discussion.

“There are just not that many charge stations and, until there are more, electric vehicles are commuting vehicles,” he said.

Despite that caution, Ward is a big fan of electric and hybrid cars and predicts they will soon be commonplace in Ontario.

He’s owned one the past eight years, and 18 months ago he bought a plug-in hybrid Chevrolet VOLT. The car cost him about $4,000 more than an equivalent fuel-burning vehicle, even after government incentives that can sometimes top $14,000 for electric vehicles.

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