We’ve just installed electric vehicle chargers on our property at Franchi’s Corner, off Main Street in Boulder, just behind the Sweet Spot. It’s the first commercial EV charging station between Butte and Helena — to my mind, an important milestone for Boulder, and a step forward for EVs in rural Montana.
Electric vehicles have become a polarizing topic in our culture. But they don’t have to be. The problem in our culture is when we make it a binary equation of either only EV’s or no EV’s. That is similar to saying we should either drive diesels or only gasoline vehicles without taking into account the driving requirements.
For example, I own an electric vehicle, (a Polestar, a division of Volvo). I also have three petroleum powered vehicles, including a 1995 Ford Bronco that drinks gas like sweet tea on a hot afternoon. They each have things they were made for, and things they are not good at.
