Electric Vehicles? Towing? Hauling?
There seems to be quite a push lately for zero emission vehicles and electric only vehicles. How on Earth would these ever work for us? You can't go cross country in an electric vehicle in a pra...
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valhalla360 wrote:Reisender wrote:
Your 60 mile trip would be closer to 2 hours of charging at home not 10 hours. Then again, even if you are just connected to a 120 outlet and it takes that long who would care. It charges while you sleep.
If someone needs or wants a gas car there is nothing wrong with that. But they have a lot of things to improve before they have the convenience and features of a present day electric. If the features of a gasser better suit your lifestyle that’s what you should buy. But the “energy density of gasoline” doesn’t provide any advantage for me so I’ll stick with electric.
The point is you typically have 10+ hr in the garage to recharge...so even with a basic 10amp 120v plug, you can recharge 60miles and it's a non issue.
Once you get away from a commuter car use case (or similar), energy density of batteries is the primary limiting factor in moving EVs from novelties to viable for the majority of people.
I think I get what you are saying but long range EV’s (not ours) are quite capable of 800 or 900 km daily road trips. It’s done everyday. A lunch break while charging is needed and if it’s a multi day trip then usually an overnight at a hotel with destination charging which is usually 48 amp. But I agree, for those who travel over a thousand kilometres per day or maybe drive in shifts, a gas or diesel vehicle would be a better solution. But I’m not sure if that is a large number of people. Other than my military career, a long day for us is about 800 kilometres Easily achieved with a long range EV and a charging lunch stop.
Honestly our road trips are all presently in our Diesel pusher but that will change in a couple years.
