I love electric vehicles. But increasingly I feel duped – Rowan Atkinson

theguardian.com

12 points·simon_acca··7 comments

Well written article. Not funny at all.

The biggest benefit of EVs is clearly on urban air pollution. The Prius brought us high MPGs, also a huge benefit. EVs are a result of “if a little is good, more is better” decisionmaking, and all the green credentials got conflated. A sad example of what John Kerry called “trivialized decisiveness”.

I don't want an electric Suv - I need an electric Carver for £5,000 and a car share of something larger and more luxurious for less frequent long trips.

You mean this? https://carver.earth/en/

Yep. Fun, weather protection, and small - just too pricey at the moment.

Not much thought given to tail pipe pollution in dense urban areas, it’s like he’s never had to commute to some of London’s red zones.

I am not sure what you mean, that point is mentioned:

>Electric cars, of course, have zero exhaust emissions, which is a welcome development, particularly in respect of the air quality in city centres.

>Friends with an environmental conscience often ask me, as a car person, whether they should buy an electric car. I tend to say that if their car is an old diesel and they do a lot of city centre motoring, they should consider a change. But otherwise, hold fire for now.

Full title (too long for HN): “I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped Rowan Atkinson“

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