San Diego Gas and Carwash and Electric Cars

We at San Diego Gas and Carwash strive to bring you the latest in technological advances in the gas, carwash & automotive industry. This is a very interesting article from the Wall Street Journal about the future of electric vehicles, and their actual impact on the environment, they’re not as “green” as they’re made out to be…

Toyota’s Chief Says Electric Vehicles Are Overhyped
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Toyota Motor Corp.’s leader criticized what he described as excessive hype over electric vehicles, saying advocates failed to consider the carbon emitted by generating electricity and the costs of an EV transition. Toyota President Akio Toyoda said Japan would run out of electricity in the summer if all cars were running on electric power. The infrastructure needed to support a fleet consisting entirely of EVs would cost Japan between ¥14 trillion and ¥37 trillion, the equivalent of $135 billion to $358 billion, he said. “When politicians are out there saying, ‘Let’s get rid of all cars using gasoline,’ do they understand this?” Mr. Toyoda said Thursday at a year-end news conference in his capacity as chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. (Source: The Wall Street Journal).