Government Consulting Public On EV Policy
The Government is consulting the public on its “commitment to phase out the sale and importation of internal combustion engine vehicles” as part of its National Electric Vehicle [EV] policy.
A Government spokesperson said, “The public will recall that the 2022 Throne Speech called for the Ministry of Tourism & Transport, Culture & Sport to develop a National Electric Vehicle policy and strategy for Bermuda. A key component of this initiative is the Government’s commitment to phase out the sale and importation of internal combustion engine vehicles. Installing a robust electric vehicle charging infrastructure is essential to this initiative’s success.
“To facilitate this process, the Ministry established the National Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Committee. The Committee’s mandate is to support the Ministry in developing national EV charging policy goals and objectives, which form part of Bermuda’s Economic Recovery Plan 2021. The Committee comprises representatives from various sectors and government departments, including the Ministry of Transport, the Department of Planning, the Department of Energy, the Regulatory Authority and BELCO.
“The Committee meets bi-monthly and has been actively reviewing and analysing data, usage trends, and international best practices. Its work has been instrumental in identifying the most strategic, sustainable, and cost-effective approach to deploying EV charging infrastructure across the island.
“As a result of their work, the Committee has produced a draft of the National Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure [NEVCI] policy goals and objectives.
“As part of the project’s consultation phase, the Ministry of Tourism & Transport, Culture & Sport invites stakeholders and the public to provide feedback on the individual policy goals and objectives and any additional comments on the adoption of EV charging in Bermuda.
“The draft NEVCI Policy Goals and Objectives is available online at https://forum.gov. bm/en and the stakeholder questionnaire is also online.
“The Ministry of Tourism & Transport, Culture & Sport encourages the public to review the information and provide feedback by July 13th.”
Why? Government has already made the decision to move forward with EVs. Saving the planet has already been used to justify the purchase of Chinese electric buses and 13 electric cars for the ministers. Government consultants (RMI) are in the pocket of the Chinese and keep trying to get gas stoves banned using a debunked study.
What do we need a charging station network? Who will pay for the network? The RMI consultants said we could just plug in our EV at home at night, just like we charge our smartphones. Except, of course, we need a long extension cord.
Gvoernment has no idea where the tens od millions of dollars to upgrade our roads to handle the extra weight of EVs will come from. Bermuda Fire & Rescue still has not been trained and equipped to handle EV fires.
Well they are real quite so be prepared for more accidents! Lol
It should be a personel choice to go EV or not. EV is not the future, if anyone is following the advances in Hydrogen fuel, they would quickly understand that this is the fuel of the future. Thats right WATER… its a totally enviromentaly clean burning fuel, vervus toxic battery power cells.
“Hydrogen fuel”
What? Think of all the children in Africa mining rare minerals that would be put out of work!
Yes, it would be scandalous to have those underage children attending school.
Hmmm, MIT and Forbes vehemently say otherwise.
Hydrogen is far from being “green.”
Forbes – Hydrogen’s “dirty secret” is that it is produced primarily from fossil fuels. Whether hydrogen is really “clean” depends on the method of production. Hydrogen can be produced by the electrolysis of water which uses electricity generated from fossil fuels. >>> When electricity is used to produce hydrogen, thermodynamics dictates that you will always produce less energy than you consume. <<>> Today, close to 95 percent of hydrogen production is from fossil fuels like natural gas and coal. As a result, we emit 830 million tonnes of CO2 each year to produce 74 million tonnes of hydrogen.<<<