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Deputy CEO and Chief Science Officer @ Quadrature Climate Foundation | Visiting researcher at Imperial College and Mines Paris PSL | TED Speaker. Author. Lecturer. Energy and climate tech. (Views are my own)

Go the distance ⚡️🚗 The misinformation about electric vehicles has increased at an alarming rate- especially given how important they are to decarbonise road transport. Yet there are wonderful fact checks such as this recent one from Carbon Brief (https://lnkd.in/dFJmJbDr) In the fourth quarter of 2023, 18% of new cars sold were electric (https://lnkd.in/eWAmygjb) and while there might be a few bumps on the road, we need to accelerate the deployment of EVs. One of the criticisms against EVs is that they do not offer the same range as gasoline or diesel powered cars and thus cannot replace them. But the charging infrastructure is expanding fast (including fast chargers) as shown for Europe in a recent report by Transport & Environment (T&E). And the progress in battery technology (and the installation of bigger batteries) is increasing the available range. The graph below, taken from a recent article in Bloomberg, shows the number of car models available in the US offering a range higher than 480 km (sorry US/UK friends but I am NOT switching to miles…). So much for range anxiety… Note that given that most trips are short distance, there is a real question on battery size (lower size means less metals) and fast chargers help a lot. Source of the graph: https://lnkd.in/ebxzrkHS #climatesolutions #electricvehicles #transport

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Greg De Temmerman

Deputy CEO and Chief Science Officer @ Quadrature Climate Foundation | Visiting researcher at Imperial College and Mines Paris PSL | TED Speaker. Author. Lecturer. Energy and climate tech. (Views are my own)

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Jean Coldefy

Expert mobilité Directeur du programme Mobilité et transitions chez Mobil'in Pulse

8mo

Time to explain Greg ! 😉

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Sylvain Touchard

CTO @CVDesignR : cvdesignr.com 🇫🇷 x @TalentPicker

8mo

Intéressant comme d'habitude merci. J'ai souvent entendu aussi l'argument de : "c'est des voitures jetables", càd les VE ne seraient pas facilement réparables du fait de manque de concessions/garages des marques électriques et aussi et surtout car remplacer la batterie serait particulièrement complexe. Et je ne connaissais pas du tout les contre-arguments à ce sujet.

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David Pomonti

Ancien "petrol-head" repenti... converti aux Eco-Technologies

8mo

Thanks for post. Fully shared. Misinformation is spreading at an alarming rate on LI on this topic… Besides range and infrastructure, it’s also the responsibility of the OEMs to offer affordable and efficient BEVs ( hence not SUVs). Still waiting for C-sedan or hatch at 25 k€ with 50-60 kWh LFP battery, 100 kW emotor and optimised aerodynamics !

Gabriel Raffour

Head of Innovation for Services @Manitou Group | Industry & Mobility | Open Innovation

8mo

Très intéressant. Les chiffres parlent d'eux-mêmes. L'écosystème doit encore se robustifier afin de rendre le tout frictionless pour les utilisateurs avec un réseau de recharge rapide dense et des garagistes/assureurs etc qui s'alignent sur le thermique.

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You could have said: 480 km range means at least 0.6 to 1.2 millions km of distance availiabilty. So, in France 60 k € to 120 k€ savings in fuel on a lifetime. These vehicules pays themselves.

Jake Dubbins

Managing Director at Media Bounty / Co-Founder and Co-Chair at Conscious Advertising Network

8mo

Good job we have ACT Climate Labs, Conscious Advertising Network, Climate Action Against Disinformation and many others working on the pandemic of climate misinformation Devin Bahçeci Tom Brookes Justin Guay

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