If only people would realise that going electric has so many benefits. But people are so heavily propagandised that they just refuse to see the simple truth.
going electric has so many benefits
It has the lot of downsides too. Like charging time, or high battery cost
Have you ever driven an EV or where do you get this sort of “information”?
where do you get this sort of “information”?
Look at the specs sheet of EV cars. The best case fast charging scenario is like 20 minutes to 60-80%. And you can’t count on the best case scenario every time. Gas station refueling is just much faster.
As for cost, literally 60 seconds of searching:
https://www.cbtnews.com/replacing-a-tesla-battery-costs-and-options-explained/
“Estimates suggest that the batteries for the Model S cost between $12,000 and $15,000. After labor charges, the total repair cost is about $20,000 to $22,000”
I did my research - and ultimately decided public transport is the best solution where I live.
I have in fact owned one. I also owned a hybrid electric vehicle within the first year of commercial availability, probably before you were born. (You wouldn’t even believe the amount of dumb shit people spouted at me about batteries back then.) However the trade-offs between different vehicle energy sources is real and tangible. It makes no sense to deny it.
Early this year, GNN reported on the woman behind the wheels of Wahu!, an electric bicycle company and the only native electric vehicle manufacturer in Ghana, Valerie Labi.
From 100 bikes sold to delivery drivers on a pay-per-week basis, Wahu! has shifted another 200 units, driven down the cost of insurance, and is set in the coming months to unleash Africa’s first native 4-wheeled electric vehicle.
The bikes are sold under an affordable payment plan of around $23 per month for 18-24 months. They cost around $13.5 per month in electricity to charge, a huge drop from the $250 in gasoline that comparative petrol-powered delivery bikes cost.
Now that’s a real cost saving right there! Wow.
But I think it’s going a bit far to say she’ll revolutionize transportation for all of Africa. They are present, from what the article seems to imply, in a single city in Ghana and only just expanding.
But I think it’s going a bit far to say she’ll revolutionize transportation for all of Africa.
Maybe going a bit far to say she will do it, but they’re right that what she’s doing will do it. That is, of course, because e-bikes will revolutionize transportation on all the continents (except Antarctica) and there’s no reason for Africa to be an exception to that.
Shame about the “plan to launch a four-wheeled vehicle” part, though – that’s just trying to repeat North America’s mistakes.
Okay, but why does the gender need to be mentioned?
It’s pretty fucked up and bigoted to assume the wants and needs of one city apply to an entire continent. I mean good on this woman for milking the ignorant but eww…
