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Sponsored by: OTELCO

Electric vehicles have long been a novelty in Maine, but that's starting to change.

As Mainebiz reported in our Nov. 1 cover feature, the state is mirroring a national trend, with electric cars making up an ever-bigger slice of Maine’s car market.

In fact, this year the slice is doubling in relative size, rising from 1.2% of new cars sold in 2020 to a projection of more than 2.4% for 2021.

Will you consider buying an electric vehicle when you next shop for a car?
Yes (45%, 175 VOTES)
Probably (13%, 50 VOTES)
Probably not (12%, 46 VOTES)
No (31%, 119 VOTES)
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Sponsored by: OTELCO

Electric vehicles have long been a novelty in Maine, but that's starting to change.

As Mainebiz reported in our Nov. 1 cover feature, the state is mirroring a national trend, with electric cars making up an ever-bigger slice of Maine’s car market.

In fact, this year the slice is doubling in relative size, rising from 1.2% of new cars sold in 2020 to a projection of more than 2.4% for 2021.

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  • Tony Payne
    November 11, 2021

    The defeat of the Hydro Quebec / CMP corridor gives pause to buying an EV in Maine at the moment. If forces opposed to utilities continue to block clean renewable energy sources, we will not have the kind of clean baseload power needed to have EVs flourish in Maine. Not only would the CMP project bring clean hydropower into New England, it would also fund charging stations throughout the state. In addition, swapping out carbon emissions by the fossil fuel-generated electricity would have been equivalent to removing 700,000 tail pipes from New England roads. All that said, my hybrid Prius likely will outlive me but if not, I'll buy an EV when the time comes. It's the right thing to do.

  • November 10, 2021

    Probably most of the components of your electric vehicle are made from manufacturing plants that use fossil fuels and electricity to make the parts. Not to mention, how do you think the electricity is produced to charge said EV? It makes no sense to force this on people especially those in more remote areas and or have specific hauling needs. The proposed corridor would not have brought clean electricity to Maine as it is just a route to Mass and they will be the ones to benefit from 90+% of the clean electricity. All we get is a torn up Maine for our efforts. People may like the idea of green energy, who doesn't, but once it happens and we have to pay for it, people will not be so happy. It is very expensive!

  • William Jenks
    November 9, 2021

    I bought an EV last March. Love it. Have driven it halfway across the country and back with no problem finding convenient charging stations. Doubt I'll ever have another internal combustion vehicle.

  • November 8, 2021

    60% of electricity in our country is generated with fossil fuels. And Mainers apparently don’t want hydro-generated power passing through Maine based on the recent referendum. Folks, New England needs to get the juice from somewhere. Electric vehicles are not alchemy on wheels….and let’s not get started on the mining of battery components. Cool technology, but lots of trade-offs.

  • November 8, 2021

    I will not be buying an electric car given the large geographic area of the state, cold climate, batteries that take days to burn out after they catch on fire, and the fact that a large percentage of electricity is generated by coal. Not to mention the fact of the caustic nature of the batteries and the child labor utilized in the mining of those materials.