GM Spokesperson admits energy to charge cars comes from coal

Reisender wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
Didn't mean to start a show but my point is the lady from GM is representing a new electric car for the company and one would think she would be on top of the local/regional power plant sources in case questions of power infrastructure would come up. When your designing or representing an all new vehicle using alternative energy sources you better have your duck in row. Its responses like this that make you wonder if this 2nd gen EV will fail like the first one.

I’m not sure when the Volt came out but I think it was somewhere around 2008. So this video is probably kinda old. They haven’t made the Volt since two or three years ago. Just never caught on.

Which brings us to the Tesla. The volt weather true or not, represented a drab commuter car. That had to be plugged in every 100 miles that was only good as a short commute grocery getter. It was perceived as not much better than a golf cart.
Tesla came along and showed the real power of EV.
It was fast, full of technology, had a decent range and was fun to drive.
The Tesla was a game changer that propelled EV into the mainstream overnight. So much so that several companies have proclaimed that have quit making ICE equipped cars.
Note none of those companies are concerned where and how the electricity is generated because it is a non factor.
Do we really consider where the gasoline comes from to power ICE engines?
So why all the discussion on coal, vs. fossil vs. nuclear.
In the grand scheme of things the EV is going to beat the ICE off the line, have less maintenance, more technology and cost much less to operate regardless of how the electricity is generated.
Coal fired vs. nuclear vs. wind vs. solar energy is an issue within itself , with or with out the evolution of EV's.