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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To continue the off topic discussion…
To pianotuna’s point, his demographic (I’ll presume) has virtually no way to fast charge at home and many have no way at all. He’s lucky if he can get an extension cord from his apartment or wherever he lives that doesn’t have access to 240V handy. I’d hazard to say that knocks out a significant percentage of folks. Most everyone in apartments, a lot of inner city homes with only street parking, townhomes where you can’t park right up next to your place.
I bet the better part of 50% of the population would find it a challenge at a minimum and majority of them will impossible to charge at home at all. And basically anyone who doesn’t own their home or have a good house rental agreement can’t level 2 charge at home.
To pianotuna’s point, his demographic (I’ll presume) has virtually no way to fast charge at home and many have no way at all. He’s lucky if he can get an extension cord from his apartment or wherever he lives that doesn’t have access to 240V handy. I’d hazard to say that knocks out a significant percentage of folks. Most everyone in apartments, a lot of inner city homes with only street parking, townhomes where you can’t park right up next to your place.
I bet the better part of 50% of the population would find it a challenge at a minimum and majority of them will impossible to charge at home at all. And basically anyone who doesn’t own their home or have a good house rental agreement can’t level 2 charge at home.
