That's promising but UPS/Fedex and farmers will only use the EV technology if it's as cheap or cheaper than gas vehicles.
Truth.
And it will ... next year.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2018/01/13/renewable-energy-cost-effective-fossil-fuels-2020/Carbon taxes can make EVs more competitive, but then the price will be passed on to the consumer which will cause inflation and everything will cost more, for the poor and rich alike.
Factoring in the REAL public costs of fossil fuel energy - ie what you pay at the pumps, on your meters and in your taxes
... subsidizing ff production,
... paying for climate change effects (floods, fires, migration)
... cleaning up ff environmental damage
WHEN THEY CONVENIENTLY GO BANKRUPT AND WALK AWAY FROM THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ... AND THEIR PENSION OBLIGATIONS.
We all pay for that.
And it will also make us less competitive on the global market and literally put companies out of business if they're competing against countries that use cheaper fossil fuels (if fossil fuels remain cheaper).
Fossil fuels are not cheaper when all of the public costs we pay for environmental damage are included:
-production (Orphan wells, degraded soil, water, air)
-transmission (construction, seeps leaks spills)
-use (emissions from burning)
The best wishes of Elizabeth May etc. are irrelevant to consumers and businesses. That's why our best hope is to invent technologies that are as cheap or cheaper than fossil fuels, and I hope we get there ASAP. We seem to be making a lot of progress.
We're on it. Lol