This letter is in response to an article written by Andrew Kendrick titled EV's controversy.
Mr. Kendrick mentions that we all want to save the planet but he isn't convinced that electric vehicles (EVs) are part of the solution.
Climate scientists have informed people that the greenest sources of transportation are: No.1 is walking, No.2 is riding a bicycle and the No.3 greenest source is electric vehicles.
Andrew also writes that there is no plan for disposing EV batteries.
There are many EV battery recycling places all over the world including the Battery Doctor recycling company in Kelowna.
Also, BC Hydro has been collecting used EV batteries for years to use for electric energy storage.
More importantly, new technologies already exist to build solid state EV batteries that will last eight times longer than the life of most vehicles.
In the book, The Future is Now, written by Bob McDonald, host of CBC's Quirks and Quarks, he reports that solid state batteries could go 1,600,000 kilometres before the battery has to be recycled. So the battery could be used in eight new vehicles before it gets recycled.
One car company already plans to use solid state EV batteries within a few years. This battery can be fully charged in 10 minutes and has a long range.
Mr. Kendrick also mentions that we don't have enough power to supply the demand for EVs.
It only takes four to six solar panels to charge an EV.
One study demonstrated that the average Canadian uses as much electricity in a year with their clothes drier as you would use driving an EV for 20,000 kilometres
Solar and wind energies will be able to supply a lot of power in the future and batteries will provide storage for that electricity.
There are 606 electric transit buses in Canada as of 2021 and many electric transport trucks which will help to reduce greenhouse gases and reduce tailpipe emissions.
A study done by Harvard University reports that emissions from fossil fuel burning cars and trucks cause asthma, bronchitis, cancer and pre matures deaths.
A new report done by the American Lung Association indicates that 89,000 lives could be saved just in the U.S. by a rapid shift to electric vehicles
Terry Dyck
