Electric vehicle mandate in California

Reisender wrote:


Meh. Might be a little early to make conclusions on cost of operation. Cab companies all over the world are buying EV’s to lower operating costs. Our local airport Taxi fleets are all Tesla model S’s. There not cheap, and they report huge decreases in operating costs.

Wait till they start building them and then do the math. Might be a surprise.

I am not making these conclusions based on assumption. I am making them based on the DOE research I posted earlier that shows that the cost of energy will increase significantly as more BEV's are on the road to pay for and maintain the infrastructure needed to operate that many BEV's. As I posted earlier, PG&E is requesting millions of dollars increases and BEV's still make a small portion of the market. Imagine if that were 50 or even 75%. PG&E would have significant rate increases and energy will likely cost as much as diesel does now.

Also, these trucks aren't like cabs. One major difference is that these trucks have weight requirements and if a BEV truck weighs almost twice as much then that is less product it can legally carry meaning they will need twice as many trucks to do the same job. You may need even more trucks depending on range constraints and PTO provisions. These fleets would also have to buy chargers for every truck in their fleet to charge at once or create a new positions for someone to swap out trucks to charge at night.

This is all backed up by people who have researched it for the DOE in those presentations I posted.