New gas stations everywhere
If we are heading to an all electric future why is it everywhere I go I see new gas stations being built? Some are huge with rows and rows of gas pumps. Don't seem to see any charging stations being ...
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I think I have a different take on the subject since my background is nuclear power and electric generation. Video if you have Fakebook: https://fb.watch/pAd2AOu4ZO/. Guy was charging an EV, consuming 137 KW (137,000 watts), the average home uses 1.25 KWh, so he was taking the same power that 106 homes would use. If he could charge at the full 350 KW would equal 280 homes. Now if every home suddenly needed to charge an EV every day, and considering the grid hasn't been significantly changed in half a century, there is no way the grid could support a large number of EVs. Seriously, CA had to tell EV owners not to charge their cars last Summer to protect their grid. Just my humble opinion, your mileage may vary.
Herb wrote:I think I have a different take on the subject since my background is nuclear power and electric generation. Video if you have Fakebook: https://fb.watch/pAd2AOu4ZO/. Guy was charging an EV, consuming 137 KW (137,000 watts), the average home uses 1.25 KWh, so he was taking the same power that 106 homes would use. If he could charge at the full 350 KW would equal 280 homes. Now if every home suddenly needed to charge an EV every day, and considering the grid hasn't been significantly changed in half a century, there is no way the grid could support a large number of EVs. Seriously, CA had to tell EV owners not to charge their cars last Summer to protect their grid. Just my humble opinion, your mileage may vary.
I believe the numbers quoted here were a typo error. Could have been done in the original article. Ther is another problem for EV's now that the temperature has dropped below freezing in many areas. The batteries will not charge at those temperatures and need to be warmed. Driving range will drop quite a bit in cold weather. A Toyota hybrid would be a better choice.
We haven’t had any charging problems at minus 31. One has to remember to pre-condition or a 20 minute supercharge session will turn into a 2 hour session. A lot of new EV drivers learn that the first cold snap. As well a lot of non tesla EV’s don’t have the option to pre-condition the battery before a DC fast charge. Tesla does it automatically as long as you put the supercharger in as the destination. Essentially it prewarms the battery.
Correct on the reduced range. We see a drop of about 30 percent at around minus 30. It’s common for us to add a 20 minute supercharge stop in Merritt on the way to Vancouver. Kinda works out for us anyway as at that point we have been on the road about 2.5 hours and we need a bathroom and coffee refill brake. In winter we also try to stay on the top 2/3 of the battery or (gas tank when we were driving a gasser) just for safety reasons. Kinda how we are taught here as kids.cheers.
Here is a good chart that shows you the effect temperature has on range both hot and cold: Chart
