Have you heard this EV myth? “Those electric vehicles are an unacceptable fire hazard!” I’m sure you have, since print media, TV, and social channels will trumpet every EV fire that happens…repeatedly. But what is the hazard reality in context to the currently accepted Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) status quo? First off- can an EV catch fire? Well, since both…
Have you heard this EV myth? “Those electric vehicle batteries will end up in the landfill!” There is an ongoing myth that EV batteries end their life being thrown into the landfill. Perhaps this is because that is what some people do with their consumer electronics batteries (please do NOT do that) and an assumption is made that is also…
The first part of that myth is battery replacement. Everyone has had the experience of needing to replace rechargeable batteries in consumer electronics, so this myth has a popular following. Looking at our smartphones, whose early batteries would fail and need replacement, or just get so weak their run time was too short for their purpose, one can understand…
Sure, who hasn’t heard this one, but is it true for most people and most of the time? Let’s look at the daily requirements- commuting and shopping. According to Statistics Canada, the vast majority Canadians (eighty percent) have roundtrip commutes of just over 17 kilometers a day while the remaining twenty percent travelled further with an average roundtrip of eighty…
Have you ever heard of this one? “Electric vehicles are way too expensive to charge and will make your home power bill explode!” There is some truth to that statement, after all you are using more home electricity to run an EV, but the reality is much better. Over 90% of EV owners charge their car at home, overnight, and…
This is a frequent, misinformed, statement: “The batteries in EVs are worse for the environment than a gas or diesel vehicle.” There is *some* truth to that statement, as making an EV battery is an energy intense process in the mining, refining, and building processes, but that is not the whole story. First off, let us set things up…
