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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Reisender wrote:
Again. Can’t compare gas stations to charge stations. The vast majority (around 95 percent depending on region) of charging is done at night at home in a driveway. There will never be a need for as many DCFC stations as there is for gas stations. That’s one of the reasons people buy EV’s. No more wasting time at gas stations.
That's true...if we limit EV sales to upper/middle class. The vast majority of current EV owners are well into the upper/middle class as regular folks can't afford the upfront cost of an EV...so your 95% assumption is highly distorted.
Once you go below average household income, you are more often than not talking about renters who rarely have a garage with outlet available.
So to get wide scale market penetration, you will still need charging stations.
