About the editor: Mariel Garza’s opinion piece on electric vehicle charging is spot on.

My family is lucky enough to have two EVs, one from Tesla and the other from another manufacturer. We made 15 1,000+ mile rides with no issues, including as far as Virginia. Tesla’s charging infrastructure is robust and more stations are opening up to non-Tesla EVs.

What Garza describes is an inconvenience for early adopters, but inconveniences are relative. When we think of the discomfort our eight grandchildren will experience in a warmer climate, we decide that the early adopter’s discomfort will be worth it.

Hold on, Miss Garza.

Michael Selna, Huntington Beach.

About the editor: Amen to Garza’s complaint about the EV charger situation.

It’s all well and good that we’re pushing for EV adoption, but how will that play out if there isn’t a similar push to introduce more fast chargers? They are sparse, often filled, don’t work at full load speed or not at all.

Fancy a road trip in the mountains? Never mind.

Like Garza, my next vehicle will likely be a plug-in hybrid. If our state and federal governments don’t take EV infrastructure seriously, we’ll have to continue to rely on fossil fuels.

Pam Sciarra, Huntington Beach

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About the editor: The idea that we can simply switch cars from gas to electricity reveals the weaknesses of a climate protection strategy that perpetuates the car paradigm. This leaves numerous problems, such as road fatalities, the way cars take up road space and ruin our streetscape, and the imposition of huge public and private expenditures.

Meanwhile, progress in bus and bike infrastructure remains slow and laboriously incremental.

Cycle path networks in particular deserve more priority and resources. Their rapid and widespread deployment in cities around the world has shown that they can attract legions of users, offsetting the need to drive everywhere. To be effective, they must protect drivers from traffic and get people to their destinations.

A national bike lane strategy coupled with massive funding could be one of our quickest ways to reduce the impact of cars and meet our climate goals.

Kent Strumpell, Los Angeles The author is a member of the Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee…

About the editor: Why not try hydrogen?

I just bought a hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai and the fill time is five minutes. Yes, there are fewer hydrogen filling stations than public EV charging stations, but they rely on the same science that brought astronauts to the moon, because batteries just don’t have enough power.

As more gas stations pop up in California and we find that charging battery-powered 18-wheelers is taking too long, hydrogen is becoming the main fuel of the future.

Stephen Mirkin, North Hollywood

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About the editor: In the past year, I’ve seen at least four different gas stations within a 10-mile radius of my home. Wouldn’t it be nice if these stations also installed some charging points?

If we phase out gas, wouldn’t it be wise for these gas station owners to start the transition and keep themselves in business when most cars are electric?

Dana Bingham, Apple Valley