The document summarizes 5 common lies told to inner EV drivers about electric vehicles. It addresses the lies that EVs 1) pollute as much as gas vehicles, 2) there is not enough electricity for widespread EV adoption, 3) EVs are too expensive, 4) hydrogen is preferable to batteries, and 5) EVs cannot support long road trips like to the south of France in 8 hours due to limited range. The document provides counter arguments and facts for each lie to show how EVs can be part of a sustainable transportation future.

1. The 5 lies you tell your inner EV driver
Nicolas Paris
Head of Business Development Electric Vehicles
GreenMind, 28/05/2019

3. “The ability of Sapiens to cooperate in large numbers arises
from its unique capacity to believe in fictions.”
- Y. Harari

4. Today, we have no choice but to change
our fiction, our mental system,
and adopt a way of living that earth can support.

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Lie #0 : our boat cannot sink.

6. Electric Vehicle: a disruptive technology we love to hate…
… and yet it is an essential pillar in a low carbon world

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Lie #1 : EV pollutes just as much as thermal vehicles.

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Lie #1 : EV pollutes just as much as thermal vehicles.
“Noting the region’s clean power base,
building the battery factory in northern
Sweden will enable Northvolt to utilise
100% renewable energy within its
production processes.”
- European Investment Bank, 15/5/2019
“A well organized deployment of
electric mobility and renewables
could save up to 1 billion EUR
each year for the electric system.”
- RTE (France), 17/5/2019

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Lie #2 : we don’t have enough electricity.

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Lie #2 : we don’t have enough electricity.
CREG has calculated the impact of 2,000,000 electric cars on Belgian roads :
• +7,5% of total electricity consumption
• Sufficient power production capacity, except for a few hours in winter
• x10 storage capacity to stabilize the grid and enable more renewables

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Lie #3 : Electric Vehicles are too expensive.

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Lie #3 : Electric Vehicles are too expensive.
Upfront price parity between electric vehicles
and thermal vehicles foreseen for 2022.
Total Cost of Ownership already
better for EVs in some segments.

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Lie #4 : I prefer hydrogen.

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Lie #4 : I prefer hydrogen.
Hydrogen technology for vehicles is
about as mature as flying taxis…
… and it might never become a
cost competitive technology for
passenger cars.

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Lie #5 : I need to reach South of France in 8 hours drive.

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Lie #5 : I need to reach South of France in 8 hours drive.
It is not a need, it is a habit.
It can be changed…
Not so long ago, smoking everywhere was also a habit:
bars, restaurants, trains, offices, aiplanes,…

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Lie #5 : I need to reach South of France in 8 hours drive.
Ultra Fast Charging is being deployed
as we speak.
Total plans to equip 300 stations by 2022
in Benelux, France and Germany
with 175 kW chargers (« 800 km/hour »).

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Fact : EV is disruptive for automotive value chain.
« Selling an Electric Vehicle is
winning a friend but losing a
customer. »
- Anonymous car dealer

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‘Das Auto’ is to be battery-electric.

20. Let’s see the facts and face the challenges.
Let’s write a story that works for the both of us.

21. Thank you for your attention
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