In December 2013, the City Council of New York passed Law 1176. This law calls for 20% of newly constructed or upgraded parking spaces be capable of charging electric vehicles. This would require the necessary installation of EV charging equipment with an electric current of 3.1 kW or more. The added cost of this equipment is around $4,000, and is meant to accommodate and add a sense of security to the electric vehicle owners in New York City, knowing they have a place to refuel. Law 1176 promotes electric vehicle adoption, and many other benefits. For example, the Natural Resource Defense Council sees this as an opportunity to reach the city’s goal of 80% co2 reduction by 2050. Currently, there are around a million people that drive into
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The environmental state of NYC is an issue that has an effect on everyone, automobile owner or not. Along with this, restaurant and business owners have expressed this as an opportunity to increase their revenue, allowing EV drivers to make the trip knowing they have a place to recharge nearby. F.A. Hayek defines the role of democracy in The Road to Serfdom as “Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safegaurdingsafeguarding internal peace and individual freedom.” Without law 1176 there is a restriction on freedom for EV drivers. They do not have the numerous amount of refueling options available to gasoline drivers. Hayek would describe Law 1176 as a policy representing the idea of utilitarianism, the environmental benefit reaches out to a large majority of the city, while preserving the personal freedom of electric vehicle …show more content…
The overall increase of gas stations was a direct result of increased demand for gasoline and number of gas powered automobiles. Before the development of gas stations, there were other methods of obtaining it. By 1899 there were approximately 2,500 automobiles on the road, only owned by the elite upper-class. With only a limited amount of equipment demanding gasoline, there were large bulk depots that weren’t very common, and the occasional hardware, grocery, or bike store that had gasoline for sale. They required the use of buckets and funnels, a process much more tedious; some instances would call for 3 men in order to fill one gas tank. “As the tiny gasoline engines began powering corn shellers and other farm equipment, washing machines, and soon horseless carriages, store keepers began selling gasoline.”(Stilgoe, 2003) The lack of bulk depots and stores forced the same range anxiety faced by EV owners today. The idea of the automobile and its conveniences caught on, and by 1908 Henry Ford released the Model T. At $850 dollars the automobile was now affordable to the middle class forcing a boom in the automotive industry. The development of the assembly line allowed the number of automobiles produced and sold to sky rocket and sold over 19,000 Ford Model T’s after the first
The environmental state of NYC is an issue that has an effect on everyone, automobile owner or not. Along with this, restaurant and business owners have expressed this as an opportunity to increase their revenue, allowing EV drivers to make the trip knowing they have a place to recharge nearby. F.A. Hayek defines the role of democracy in The Road to Serfdom as “Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safegaurdingsafeguarding internal peace and individual freedom.” Without law 1176 there is a restriction on freedom for EV drivers. They do not have the numerous amount of refueling options available to gasoline drivers. Hayek would describe Law 1176 as a policy representing the idea of utilitarianism, the environmental benefit reaches out to a large majority of the city, while preserving the personal freedom of electric vehicle …show more content…
The overall increase of gas stations was a direct result of increased demand for gasoline and number of gas powered automobiles. Before the development of gas stations, there were other methods of obtaining it. By 1899 there were approximately 2,500 automobiles on the road, only owned by the elite upper-class. With only a limited amount of equipment demanding gasoline, there were large bulk depots that weren’t very common, and the occasional hardware, grocery, or bike store that had gasoline for sale. They required the use of buckets and funnels, a process much more tedious; some instances would call for 3 men in order to fill one gas tank. “As the tiny gasoline engines began powering corn shellers and other farm equipment, washing machines, and soon horseless carriages, store keepers began selling gasoline.”(Stilgoe, 2003) The lack of bulk depots and stores forced the same range anxiety faced by EV owners today. The idea of the automobile and its conveniences caught on, and by 1908 Henry Ford released the Model T. At $850 dollars the automobile was now affordable to the middle class forcing a boom in the automotive industry. The development of the assembly line allowed the number of automobiles produced and sold to sky rocket and sold over 19,000 Ford Model T’s after the first