Electric vehicles are often presented as a green solution to the transport problem. They offer, it is
argued, the benefits of the private car without its costs. They make it possible for individuals and
families to move around easily, rapidly, comfortably, at any moment in time, which makes them more
consumer friendly than public modes of transportation. Yet, unlike classical cars, they do not consume
scarce and dwindling fossil fuel resources and do not reject greenhouse gases, nor local pollutants....
