Utah's National Park Electric Corridor.
It's a start. http://www.utahbusiness.com/utahs-national-park-electric-vehicle-corridor-kicks-off-two-chargers/
Forum Discussion
Electric vehicles obviously make more sense for commuters than for long range transport at the moment, but that is changing rapidly. Even with fast chargers, one can't "fill up" nearly as quickly as with gasoline. But battery capacities are improving greatly, and new technologies quite different from the current ones used by Tesla, Toyota, etc. are perhaps just several years away. Once the time and distance needed can be met with a single charge every 4 to 5 hours, refilling the car while refilling the belly becomes a real draw for restaurants along the highway. Near us, there's a Tesla charging station and the nearby Chili's gets a lot of traffic because of that.
As battery technolgy improves, we'll see an increase in the number of homes that aren't tied to the grid at all. Those without solar or wind will be paying a higher rate as the cost of maintaining the grid will be spread among fewer users. As batteried get more effiecient and smaller, no longer will going off grid mean having a garage filled with lead-acid batteries.
Volvo recently made the announcement that beginning with their 2019 model year, all their drivetrains will be electric or hybrid, no more solely internal combustion engines. They see where the market is going and are trying to stay ahead of it. While the US may have pulled out of the Paris deal, Volvo sells cars around the world and wants to be ready to comply with new pollution standard of the future wherever they do business.
As battery technolgy improves, we'll see an increase in the number of homes that aren't tied to the grid at all. Those without solar or wind will be paying a higher rate as the cost of maintaining the grid will be spread among fewer users. As batteried get more effiecient and smaller, no longer will going off grid mean having a garage filled with lead-acid batteries.
Volvo recently made the announcement that beginning with their 2019 model year, all their drivetrains will be electric or hybrid, no more solely internal combustion engines. They see where the market is going and are trying to stay ahead of it. While the US may have pulled out of the Paris deal, Volvo sells cars around the world and wants to be ready to comply with new pollution standard of the future wherever they do business.
