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RE: DV Reports On: The Electric Cars of Norway
Never been to europe
Seems like a lot of countries are adopting a clean air act to minimize pollution
Have never drove an electric car, Tesla builds the models in Fremont which is about 25 miles from San Jose.
My neighbor has had a Nissan Leaf for several years, he mentioned that the battery life has gone way down and that limits the places he can drive it. (Unless he knows there is a charging station close) Maybe he needs a new battery set...?
I think most countries are burning either coal or oil for energy, not so much nuclear. That emits greenhouse gasses, so going electric does not mean the vehicle is running without pollution because in many cases, the pollution has happened already.
I've wondered about battery capacity life span issues like your neighbor has experienced. I don't know enough about the battery technology to know how the automotive batteries differ from a smartphone but it's fairly common to for smartphone batteries to lose some of their capacity. Hopefully that gets sorted out soon for the benefit of EV owners.
Good point about the emissions still occurring...just at the energy plant instead of the tailpipe.