BCIT SMART Department — CPC-4 ZEV Myths
Electric vehicles are becoming hard to avoid — in the news, at dealerships, in government announcements, and increasingly on the roads around you. Along with them comes a flood of competing claims: that they're better for the environment, or that they're not. That they'll save you money, or that they're too expensive. That they'll overwhelm the power grid, or that the grid can handle them just fine.
Most of these claims contain at least a grain of truth. That's what makes them hard to sort out. This course works through the six areas where confusion is most common — not to tell you what to think, but to give you the facts and context to think it through yourself.
By the end, you'll be able to hold your own in these conversations, help the people around you separate fact from fiction, and make better-informed decisions — whether you're weighing a vehicle purchase, advising someone else, or working in a field where EVs are becoming part of the picture.
The course is organized into six outcome areas. Each contains two to four learning tasks. Each task states the concern honestly, examines what's accurate in it, and provides the evidence you need to form a well-grounded view. Sources are listed at the end of each section.