EV alternative for light/medium duty trucks
So much wheel spinning on EVs, what if they are not the right path forward? The biggest problem with renewable power and EVs is storage, the second is storage, and the third is storage. Another pat...
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Reisender wrote:d1h wrote:
So if EV's are supposed to be replacing ICE vehicles why are they still building these huge gas stations with multiple lanes of gas pumps?
I would think it’s a 30 to 40 year transition. People need fuel. Norway is well on its way to selling only electric but they have pretty much the same amount of gas stations. They all just have a half dozen or a dozen DC fast chargers now as well. That’s actually getting really common up here in BC. Chevron, Esso, Petro Canada, Shell. They are all adding fast chargers REALLY FAST. I would say just in the last month there are probably 30 more locations of DC fast chargers at the various brands of stations. Quite often the gas price is displayed close to the Electric price.
Other countries have a different reality. Shorter distances help a lot. In NA the question is if the providers move forward with the installation now or if they wait for the next technology. 350kw is the current maximum, but for USA and Canada 500kw or more would make it more convenient. In the meantime, in a lot of European countries they don't care for anything over 250kw.
It is a long road ahead. If EVs fit your lifestyle they are incredibly superior to ICEs; but if it doesn't, EVs are a PITA. I can tell you, I have had EVs for over 10 years, and there are a lot of people that asked me which one they should buy and I told them "None", because EVs were not for them.
