PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • September 4, 2023
Concerns relating to pure electric vehicles, such as range and the effects of cold weather on batteries, do not apply to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, which are allowed under the initiative. Likewise, the claim that EVs require expensive home charging equipment is also misleading. Level 1 charging equipment, which plugs directly into a 120-volt wall socket, comes standard with EVs. It is usually more than sufficient for overnight charging at home. About half of the CO2 being released into Maine’s air is from cars and trucks. Should we be free to spew carbon into the atmosphere indefinitely, despite the environmental catastrophe we are heading into? “Maine Can’t Afford to Wait!” ~ Robert Dodge, Falmouth