IT is distressing to read that the Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister has lent his support to bringing Tesla Motors to Malaysia (The Star, Nov 6). Tesla S is a fast electric car, a rich man’s toy. It will do nothing to reduce our dependence on fossil fuel.
Electric vehicles are sexy. Granted, they cut noise and air pollution in urban centres but they are anything but green. Just think about how the electricity is generated to run electric vehicles. Electricity is produced by our power plants fuelled almost exclusively by fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal.