Electric Cars Are Here To Stay

To say that John Felder has been on an emotional roll coaster for the past few years is putting it mildly.

So it’s no surprise that he was wrought with emotion last Thursday night when it was announced at the first Caribbean International Electric Car Show at the Cayman Motor Museum that regulations allowing electric cars to be registered in the Cayman Islands had been approved.

Mr. Felder has been pushing his dream for seven long years reeling from emotional highs when government obstacles were cleared to allow for importation and use and debilitating lows when those rules and regulations became roadblocks essentially stopping any progress.

At the heart of the highs and lows were the Traffic Law and the need for new regulations governing the use of electrical cars on the roadways of the Cayman Islands.

Premier McKeeva Bush, via a note read at the invitation-only affair on Thursday, assured Mr. Felder that the regulations have indeed been written and signed off on by Cabinet, promising the regulations will actually become effective in a matter of two weeks. More

This is excellent news for the Cayman Islands, and while long overdue, is very welcome none the less. Given that gasoline is almost six dollars per gallon and shows no signs going down motorists now have the choice of going electric and reducing their costs.

Cabinet has recently approved Net Metering, and with the islands having been able to import renewable energy equipment duty free for the last two years, residents of Cayman Islands are in a position to produce their own energy to recharge their electric vehicles and make considerable savings on transport costs. Editor