{"id":75589,"date":"2024-08-12T21:37:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T01:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75589"},"modified":"2024-08-12T21:37:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T01:37:20","slug":"bmw-separate-lane-for-evs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75589","title":{"rendered":"BMW’s Wish for EV-Only Lanes: A Visionary Move or Logistical Nightmare?"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW is still staunchly committed to achieving EV sales measuring 50 percent of its total vehicles sold by 2030. Most recently, the brand has decided to badger current drivers with a constant reminder of how well an EV might fit into their life<\/a>. The brand seems to have other ideas in mind for how it plans to meet its goal. In an interview with German newspaper M\u00fcnchner Merkur<\/em>, Milan Nedeljkovic, BMW Production Director, intimated some interesting ideas that involve an infrastructure-first look at prioritizing an electric future.<\/p>\n

EV-Only Lanes Would Encourage EV Adoption<\/h3>\n

As Merkur<\/em> turns the conversation towards driving EV profitability, the topic of government incentives comes up. \u201cThat wouldn\u2019t make sense in the long run,\u201d he starts. \u201cThere are other ways to make electric cars more attractive.\u201d Nedeljkovic thinks that dedicated lanes and privileged access to parking and city centers would bolster EV sales. \u201cIf you were stuck in a traffic jam and constantly overtaken by electric cars, many people would certainly consider whether to switch after all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, a version of what Nedeljkovic describes already exists in the world. For example, HOV lane access in California and other states or the Congestion Charge in London. Neither of which \u2013 for now \u2013 apply to EVs). Notably, both initiatives mentioned above are scheduled to ramp down within the next two years. Whether or not that date gets pushed back \u2013 as many of these sweeping green initiatives tend to be \u2013 remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

That said, it\u2019s possible that Milan\u2019s point was to change these rules to allow only electrified vehicles, rather than simply giving them perks. That\u2019s a tough call, because \u2013 at least in the US \u2013 that would slow down traffic. And not just anywhere, but in some of the highest-congested areas like the LA and NY metro areas. Sources in Germany seem to indicate that the idea would be similarly clumsy to implement overseas. With so many two-lane roads \u2013 and the famous Autobahns \u2013 there are limited choices for clean and easy integration.<\/p>\n

Of course, the crux of the issue is that people need to be convinced to buy EVs. Not to mention that for some people, purchasing an EV simply isn\u2019t a realistic option \u2013 yet. With so many other infrastructure components to address first \u2013 notably, charging stations in rural areas and futureproofing the electrical grid \u2013 one has to wonder if an electric-only lane is the most pragmatic solution.<\/p>\n

Source \u2013\u00a0Merkur.de<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and bimmertoday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW is still staunchly committed to achieving EV sales measuring 50 percent of its total vehicles sold by 2030. Most recently, the brand has decided to badger current drivers with a constant reminder of how well an EV might fit into their life. The brand seems to have other ideas in mind for how it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}