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I've seen exactly one charging station in my area, located right outside the power company, which I suspect is for their electric vehicles that I've never seen.
Friday, March 03, 2023
Electric vehicle drivers get candid about charging: 'Logistical nightmare'
YouTube personality Steve Hammes leased a Hyundai Kona Electric sport utility vehicle for his 17-year-old daughter Maddie for three reasons: it was affordable, practical and allowed Maddie to put her cash toward college, not fuel. Now, the upstate New York resident has a dilemma many EV owners can relate to: finding available charging stations far away from home.
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So this guy wants his daughter to put her cash toward college, not fuel. Does he think the EV gets recharged for free?
ReplyDeleteThis is a $40k car. How much money is she saving vs buying a 10 year old Camry?
DeleteI saw one of these in a parking lot and quizzed the owner, he said list was $36k but he paid $52k because of scarcity and dealer markup.
The never ending search for a functional charging station is a high price to pay for the EV owners’ smugness.
ReplyDeleteIn the future there will not be a need for charging away from home: you won't be allowed to be more than 15 minutes away from where you live.
ReplyDeleteSome of the Teslas offered prepaid access to their charging stations as a sales incentive. I'm not sure why Dad thought charging the car would still be free, or even less expensive than gasoline.
ReplyDeleteTwo really dumb questions:
ReplyDelete1. How much have EV owner's home electric bills increased after they've installed chargers in their garage at home?
2. What is the typical female EV owner's anxiety level while waiting for her car to recharge at night? does she carry?
There is many things I can say as an Electrical Engineer. I do not own an EV for many reasons. First is EVs cost more than gas vehicles, 2) to charge them it is more costly then gasoline, 3) and more time consuming.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget, the EV battery is about a thousand times more likely to catch fire than a tank of gasoline.
DeleteThe best are the charging stations that run off diesel generators.
ReplyDeleteHow to reduce the overall efficiency of diesel propulsion to the level of a 1960's gasoline-powered car. (The diesel engine is twice as efficient, generators and motors can exceed 95% efficiency, but 50% of the energy is lost in the battery charge and discharge.)
DeleteA charge needs to be as fast as a gas fill-up or faster before it will work globally.
ReplyDeleteTechnology and infrastructure is not there yet.
The EV push is assho.
Charge as fast as a gas fill-up and your battery will only last a few charge/discharge cycles. But don't worry, pretty soon you won't be able to charge that fast - or at all - because of limited electric generating capacity.
DeleteFriend of mine's GF bought an electric Jeep. We live 30 miles north of Phila. They had to go to Boston for a wedding. It took them 3 days. I pull a travel trailer with my Denali 2500, total weight is 19,200. I look at reviews on YouTube on the new EV pickups trying to pull trailers and laugh my ass off. How these manufacturers think that EV is the future is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteAt best, EVs are commuter vehicles. Why anyone would take one on a road trip is beyond me. Road trip means renting a real car.
DeleteLooking for sympathy…………. Mmmmm. NOPE.
ReplyDeleteHave a buddy from college who bought an EV, leaf or Volt or some such. Lives in an older house in a small town so his electrical service wasn't up to a "good" charger...12 hours to full. He could charge at work in the big city an hour away for free, and that worked, unless he wanted to do something other than errands on the weekend. He actually missed a relative's wedding because he didn't have enough time to charge the car, and he would have been stranded part way home.
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