French Aggressively Promoting Electric Transportation

I’ve often mentioned that I admire the French for their vision in electric transportation and their aggression in dealing with air quality as a public health and safety issue.  Here’s an interesting article in which the government has run afoul of the private sector by subsidizing EV car sharing programs; the car rental industry claims this represents unfair competition. They have a point there.

Notice the many different European EV products on the roads. The Peugeot iOn, e.g., is essentially a Mitsubishi i-MiEV, a terrific little commuter car, perfect for urban environments. It’s coming to the US soon (they claim), but there’s no time like the present.