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"Despite continued strong sales, there’s no denying the negativity surrounding
the U.S. battery electric vehicle (BEV) industry as of late.
This has pundits casting about for alternatives, and some have ended up at a
not-so-novel solution: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHEVs for short.
Among the most prominent is a recent
Washington Post editorial arguing that
the U.S. government needs to do more to support PHEVs rather than put all its
eggs in the BEVs basket. This is seriously misguided and leaves the wrong
impression about current government support. Let’s clear things up.
In reading the
Post editorial, you might worry that the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)’s multi-pollutant standards for light- and medium-duty
vehicles, released on March 20, 2024, in some way require BEVs or that somehow
PHEVs don’t count toward the standards.
Neither is true. EPA’s standards are technology neutral and can be met by
automakers using a combination of technologies from BEVs to more efficient
regular gas cars, as we explain in another blog post.
That PHEVs count toward the standards is underscored by EPA’s own modeling,
released with the rule, which shows that the least-cost compliance pathway for
automakers includes a 13% PHEV sales share in 2032."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
