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byp51d007 ( 656414 ) writes:
You can drive across each country pretty much in one day.
It takes MULTIPLE days to drive across just the state of Texas,
and there are 47 others in the continental U.S.
bygurps_npc ( 621217 ) writes:
There are these things called gas stations, perhaps you have heard of them. The only issue with distance is if you can not fuel up with gas. 2/3 of EVs can use gas in an emergency.
There are 3 kinds of EVs - plug in only (no gas), hybrid with plug in (gas or plug in), and Hybrid without plug in (gas fill up only cannot plug in).
In Europe, those gas stations also have places to plug in, which means even the plug in only EVs can cross all of Europe.
If Texas was smart, they would have plug in gas stations als
bylarryjoe ( 135075 ) writes:
In Europe, those gas stations also have places to plug in, which means even the plug in only EVs can cross all of Europe.
The reason public EV chargers work is that there are so few EVs. If we assume that all cars on the highway could charge from 10% to 80% in 20 minutes and all cars were EV, the number of chargers and parking spaces for cars waiting for those chargers would be staggering. Its simply not practical unless charging times can improve to ICE levels of 3-5 minutes.
The only reason public chargers work is (1) there are so few EVs and (2) 80-90% of EVs are charged at home or work because they are owned by relatively
byTom ( 822 ) writes:
The reason public EV chargers work is that there are so few EVs.
No, the reason they work is because unlike petrol pumps you can put up a charger anywhere. Over here, most supermarkets have EV charging in their parking lot, and if demand goes up they could easily just add a couple more. Same for train station parking and park&ride. Heck, the P&R in my village added solar panel roofs last year so we now have charging and parking in the shade.
Not to mention that as prices for solar continue to fall, more and more people can charge at home for free. And people love
byfluffernutter ( 1411889 ) writes:
How long do you really think supermarkets are going to keep putting more chargers in the lot? Where I live we have block heaters and lots not only had to be legislated into putting power to each spot but it's not even permanent power-- it cycles on every 10 minutes. If EVs become mainstream there is no way there will ever be a charger at every spot; it's just not workable. The only thing driving them now is virtue signaling, but that has a limit.
byTom ( 822 ) writes:
How long do you really think supermarkets are going to keep putting more chargers in the lot?
As long as they have incentives to do so. The incentives can be three types: a) mandated by law, b) requested by customers, c) charger operator pays them a small fee or percentage which means they can monitize space that they already have anyways.
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byfluffernutter ( 1411889 ) writes:
That's fine. Most people will wait until those incentives kick in before buying an EV. I don't have confidence the incentives will keep to with demand, because the nature of capitalism is that companies drag their feet until people are screaming and begging and then they move in to profit.
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