Gee, I wonder how biased the "Sierra Club" is, with references from:
Union of Concerned Scientists
Natural Resources Defense Council
Touchstone Energy Cooperative
Plug In America
SolarChargedDriving.org
And all of those references are from 2010, 2011, and 2012. Old news.
The article is more of an advertisement than an actual paper, especially with little documentation and scientific data. They make many suppositions
No thanks. Here in Maine with the lack of available charging, the longest commute in the country, and a cold weather state, EV's aren't viable except to those retired or with very short commutes. Forget trying to power them with solar most of the year (unless you grossly oversize the solar array) due to the lack of available sunlight and angle of incidence.
I always find it funny how people say 'people don't want diesel', which is akin to 'people don't want standard shift vehicles', when there is such a constant call for them. People have to settle for what they are offered, not what they want. I have been waiting for a diesel Kia Sorento for over a year but it's still caught up in the Kalifornia testing morass and may not happen. Thankfully the Nissa CX-5 is available in a diesel but I am looking for a mid sized SUV, and until I find one I'll keep my DD. I want a diesel for the towing AND fuel economy but most people here only relate diesels to economy since they're in small cars.
As someone who frequents other countries often, there is no way diesels are going anywhere but forward. The vast majority of cars and regular vehicles I've seen are diesel.
And my thought is the people comparing EV's to diesel are comparing the current EV's to old diesels, not the new ones.