Amping Up Electric Vehicles [FULL EPISODE: Utah Insight]

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  • Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
  • Learn about the challenges and incentives driving the shift to electric vehicles in Utah. #ev #electricvehicles
    Motor vehicles represent one of the largest contributors of pollution in Utah. Part of the solution could be transportation electrification. Can our electrical grid handle changing our infrastructure from gas-powered vehicles to electric? Join the experts in taking a closer look at the problems, incentives and challenges driving Utah’s shift to electric vehicles.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 47

  • @GNiessen
    @GNiessen 23 дні тому +3

    I look forward to visiting the Zion National Park and seeing what they are doing with EVs.

  • @newworldodor2641
    @newworldodor2641 25 днів тому +5

    When I lived in SLC annual registration for my electric car was about the same as my gasoline car. In 2018 I moved to Indiana where my electric car registration was twice as much as my gasoline car registration. This was to compensate for not paying fuel tax.

    • @PBSUtah
      @PBSUtah  25 днів тому

      Very interesting to hear about some of these differences between states. Thank you for sharing!

    • @RNbiker57
      @RNbiker57 24 дні тому

      @@PBSUtah Iowa also has a road use tax when registering EVs. I think about $130 annually.

  • @davidbeppler3032
    @davidbeppler3032 24 дні тому +4

    300 miles of range every morning when I wake up and it costs just $9 to charge. Some people love money. Some love Gas. I love money.

  • @Yanquetino
    @Yanquetino 21 день тому +1

    Glad to see this segment! I've been driving electric for over 13 years, powered by sunshine on my roof, and would never go back to burning fossil fuels for transportation. What is ironic for me is that I've been an EV advocate for two decades, yet only *after* I retired from Utah State did the university become active with its ASPIRE program. I Wish I could have offered my experience and expertise to help them while I was still teaching on campus. 🫤

  • @victorsvoice7978
    @victorsvoice7978 25 днів тому +12

    Tax the fossil companies. Not consumers. Make it cheaper and easier for people to move to green energy and transportation.

    • @jimjones-pz1tt
      @jimjones-pz1tt 25 днів тому

      Are all liberals as foolish as you? ALL CORPORATIONS ADD THE COST OF TAXES TO THE PRICE OF CONSUMER GOODS AND SERVICES.

    • @timothykeith1367
      @timothykeith1367 25 днів тому +1

      There are too many taxes already.

    • @freeheeler09
      @freeheeler09 25 днів тому +1

      Tim ioil companies, and corporations in general, have been getting away with not paying taxes for four decades now. Meanwhile, taxes and fees for workers and small companies go up and up and up!

    • @jimjones-pz1tt
      @jimjones-pz1tt 25 днів тому

      @@timothykeith1367 There are NEVER enough taxes for Democrats!

    • @billh3860
      @billh3860 24 дні тому

      Taxng the fossil companies Will merely result in higher prices at the pumps as these companies will not provide at a loss in noexpected revenues

  • @rose415
    @rose415 25 днів тому +2

    I live in Dallas where F150s are the daily drivers for high school kids,and their suburban dad. Last summer we had air pollution warnings. There are no mountains in Dallas like there is in los Angela’s basin

  • @rp9674
    @rp9674 25 днів тому +6

    California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Virginia have passed right-to-charge laws aiming to streamline the installation of residential community EV charging stations. Also, Illinois recently passed a right-to-charge law specific to new houses or multiunit buildings.

    • @jimjones-pz1tt
      @jimjones-pz1tt 24 дні тому

      That's OK! I just won't build any new apartments in California. Insurance companies are asking if EVs are allowed in parking areas/structures. Lithium battery fires (just search here on UA-cam) are a BIG concern.

    • @rp9674
      @rp9674 23 дні тому

      More of a concern than a real issue, I've seen several gas car fires, no EV fires

    • @jimjones-pz1tt
      @jimjones-pz1tt 23 дні тому

      @@rp9674 Why do you self-identify in public as a simpleton? It's not about how many fires, it's about the intensity and difficulty of putting out EV fires. Do your homework. Fire departments around the world see EV fires as a real problem. I'll rest easy knowing you don't. When you do see an EV fire, comeback in a week. Chances are it will still be on fire. (By the way, I you own an EV, you're not renting one of my apartments.)

    • @rp9674
      @rp9674 23 дні тому

      ​@jimjones-pz1tt I guarantee I'm never renting from you. You can have your own opinion & agenda but you can't have your own facts. I live in in EV intensive area, this BS just isn't happening. I see the same disinformation going around that has been debunked.

    • @rp9674
      @rp9674 23 дні тому

      Most have moved on to other false stories since the fires thing hasn't panned out

  • @johnminichielli8957
    @johnminichielli8957 25 днів тому +1

    They need to do an updated video entitled, "What is driving the shift away from electric vehicles'?

    • @martalli
      @martalli 25 днів тому

      That perception is caused by FUD being spready by vested interests like the oil companies and culture wars. Some people would rather be held to the whims of Middle Eastern dictators and Putin.

  • @frankcoffey
    @frankcoffey 24 дні тому +5

    EVs make my life so much easier second only to work from home.

  • @KevinJones-Peacefreak
    @KevinJones-Peacefreak 24 дні тому +6

    EV's are similar to Solar in that the true benefits are financial, though not immediately clear in general thinking. Solar works far beyond "break-even", so the longer one actually owns the product, the greater the benefits with time without any environmental consideration at all. EV's will prove to be the same. The true benefits are in long term ownership and use. People don't buy solar considering resale value of the panels, but EV buyers tend to over calculate resale as how to value the purchase. ICE vehicles can last as long, but will need far more maintenance and expense to get equal utility. Ego is the only reason to stick to combustion technology and expense into the future. Solar and EV's are investments in self, rather than sales people or the environment.

  • @lemongavine
    @lemongavine 24 дні тому +4

    When fleets move to electric, the drivers get spoiled by the vehicles and likely will buy EV for their personal cars

  • @JP-sw5ho
    @JP-sw5ho 26 днів тому +3

    How hard is it to make up for the gasoline tax with a tax on new tires ?

    • @jimjones-pz1tt
      @jimjones-pz1tt 25 днів тому +1

      Fool, Taxing tires without eliminating the gasoline tax would tax ICE drivers twice. Leave the gasoline tax alone and tax EV drivers appropriately. EVs should also be taxed additionally for fire fighting equipment needed to put out lithium battery fires.

    • @timothykeith1367
      @timothykeith1367 25 днів тому

      That would cause more to drive with worn tires

    • @freeheeler09
      @freeheeler09 25 днів тому

      JP, very good point! Heavier cars go through more tires and do more wear and tear to roads. And vehicles that are driven more miles produce more rubber pollution and do more damage to roads. So, tax vehicles based on vehicle weight and miles driven.

    • @jimgraham6722
      @jimgraham6722 24 дні тому

      Road tax should be based on the weight and footprint of the vehicle multiplied by the distance travelled on public roads. Same system for EVs and ICE and at same time abolish all fuel taxes and road tolls. Billing could be done 'on the fly' using cellphone technology reading a windscreen dongle similar to that for toll roads.

  • @timothykeith1367
    @timothykeith1367 25 днів тому +1

    Utah winters are too cold for EVs to be practical.
    "There is very little maintenance" and the next day the EV is junk. A ten year old EV might be 95 percent good, but the battery is a 100 percent fail. A ten year old Corolla can last another decade.

    • @rodden1953
      @rodden1953 25 днів тому +4

      So how come Norway has them ?

    • @newworldodor2641
      @newworldodor2641 25 днів тому +2

      Utah's not too cold for EVs. I drove electric cars for 10 years in the Wasatch Range. Electric car might not be practical for rural Utah.

    • @TheLobo91
      @TheLobo91 24 дні тому +4

      At one point gas cars also broke people arms and yet here we are today. EV are finally practical for 95 percent of drives. And yes they work in the cold too. In 5 years, even you will benefit from clean air. You're welcome.

    • @JeanPierreWhite
      @JeanPierreWhite 23 дні тому +1

      Search UA-cam for an video titled
      "Meet The Tesla That Won’t Die: 430,000 Miles On One Battery!"
      A taxi driver has TWO high mileage Tesla vehicles both on their original batteries and motors.
      Can EV battery fail. Absolutely. Can they last hundreds of thousands of miles, absolutely.

    • @Yanquetino
      @Yanquetino 21 день тому +1

      I fear you are simply repeating fossil foolish petrolganda. Have you actually taken an EV for a nice, long test drive? Which model? How far did you go? What features DID you like about it?