L4sBot1.8 Million Barrels of Oil a Day Avoided from Electric Vehicles
WidowsFavoriteSonLet’s be straight about this: It ain’t electric cars. Its e-bikes
jennwiththeseaWell, it’s both. From the article, 2-3 wheelers do account for 60% of the drop:
aehardingOh this is so fucking typical. “EV” or electric vehicles never means e-bikes when it would benefit e-bikes (for example, EV subsidies = electric car subsidies) but when it conveniently makes electric cars look better, oh look an e-bike is an EV! 😒
Isn’t this article very clearly referring to Asian adoption of scooters, not a bunch of New Yorkers on e-bikes?
does that invalidate the point?
I mean, yes? You’re whining about US decision making around subsidies using a portion of the article discussing electric scooters in places like Taiwan. These are different continents and different vehicle types.
A $500 subsidy on electric bicycles would not get Americans out of their cars and onto a bicycle, but it might make cycles move to electric bikes, which wouldn’t be a behavioral change that would impact anything relevant to this study.