The main opposition party in Almuñécar, Convergencia Andaluza (CA) pointed out that the municipality is lacking in charging facilities for electric vehicles.
Its Spokesperson, Juan Carlos Benavides, says that electric vehicles are the way forward, not only because they do not cause pollution when being driven, but also because of the far lesser quantity of noise generated compared to combustion engines.
“Ten years ago, seven out of every ten citizens considered electric vehicles as the best option for urban displacement, whereas today it has fallen to only 18%,” said Señor Benavides, not only because of the expense of buying such a vehicle but also because of a lack of places to charge them.
He says that in the whole municipality there are only six charging points; five in Almuñécar and only one in La Herradura, which is wholely inadequate.
For this reason, the CA proposes that municipal engineers draw up a study for the best position for such facilities to cover charging needs around town.
(News: Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)
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Reader’s comment: “I don’t think there are insufficient charging facilities. Whenever I go to Mercadona, Lidl and the gasonlineras, hardly any are in use. What we also need to talk about is the safety of lithium batteries when there is a fire, the use of child labour to extract the lithium and the disposal of lithium harming the environment.” – Julie
Reader’s comment: “Julie has got her elements mixed up. Lithium isn’t the “child labour” issue as this comes from brine pumped out of the earth. She means cobalt, which until recently was used in EV batteries and had some issues with child labour. Thankfully, modern batteries use none. However, cobalt is used to remove sulphur from petrol and diesel. No howls of protest from Julie about that, though? Talk about double standards…” – Mr E.V. Driver
Julie has got her elements mixed up. Lithium isn’t the “child labour” issue as this comes from brine pumped out of the earth. She means cobalt, which until recently was used in EV batteries and had some issues with child labour. Thankfully, modern batteries use none. However, cobalt is used to remove sulphur from petrol and diesel. No howls of protest from Julie about that, though? Talk about double standards…
I don’t think there are insufficient charging facilities. Whenever I go to Mercadona, Lidl and the gasonlineras, hardly any are in use. What we also need to talk about is the safety of lithium batteries when there is a fire, the use of child labour to extract the lithium and the disposal of lithium harming
the environment.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/01/child-labour-behind-smart-phone-and-electric-car-batteries/