PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 22, 2023
While EVs are an awesome improvement in automotive technology, don’t tell me and other Mainers that we’re required to purchase one. Supporting the innovation behind EVs and forcing people to buy them are two different concepts. There is no need to suppress consumer choice and compel the transition to electric vehicles that is already underway in the marketplace without government coercion. Unfortunately, our state is now in a position to adopt California-style vehicle regulations pushed by special interests. Their intent is to eventually ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles in Maine as California has planned to do by 2035. EVs remain more expensive than their gas-powered counterparts and EV batteries lose substantial range in cold temperatures. ~ Jessica Nickerson, Maine Policy Institute