Some EV charging considerations…

Fact is, EV's ARE the future. Solid state batteries are just around the corner. A range of over 1,000 miles will not be unheard of. Every major automobile manufacture on earth is ramping up their EV research and development department. The ICE research and development departments are no longer a thing. GM, Ford and Toyota are all building battery manufacturing factories right now, bringing more and more jobs to the USA. As for the exploding batteries? Look at the Pinto and Mustangs of the past. That fuel tank behind the passenger in the older trucks? LOL. A lot less EV's fires have been reported as compared to those old carb'd cars mishaps. Charging will be a 3 minute ordeal once the solid state batteries are mainstream (2030). Heck, the newest Long Beach California buses charge while they are waiting for passengers to load....yea, wireless charging. Once GM, Ford, VW, Toyota and all the other big players unveil their EV line-ups in 2023, you'll see a heck of a spike in EV sales. As for those that are worried about not enough grid electricity? Well, get on board the rooftop solar train. Help build a better world.

No doubt EV’s have some laudable performance attributes, but in a different sense they are yet another creature borne of the federal and state tax codes (minus supporting science), i.e. part and parcel of the ‘feel good’ political greening ($$) of America…As an early adopter, Musk rightfully deserves high praise indeed for his engineering and marketing skills, and for understanding the machinations of navigating this ‘feeling good’ subsidies gimmickry!!…Now it’ll be incumbent on utility users at large to fund the supporting renovation of the NIMBY grid - making even P.T. Barnum jealous - JMO

3 tons

what will happen to those millions of folks who have no off street parking, etc. when the greeeies shut down all of the gas stations?
bumpy

3 tons wrote:
For sure, EV’s (and EV trucks?) will continue to gain popularity, but for the uninitiated, a few charging bottlenecks are baked into the cake - an interesting overview here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLcqJ2DclEg

3 tons

I doubt that is true especially with all the news of Teslas burning down peoples houses and Bolts owners being told to park their death traps well away from anything flamable. Plus the range problems still exist.