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To: DUMBGRUNT

So, while you are driving 600 miles, your plan is to what? Pull into a strangers garage to plug in?

Sorry folks, the infrastructure is NOT there for electric and isn’t going to be there anytime soon, even if they solve the pragmatic charging issues.

Its a niche vehicle option for commuters, nothing more.. and won’t be for a good while.


132 posted on 08/12/2019 10:56:09 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

So, while you are driving 600 miles, your plan is to what? Pull into a strangers garage to plug in?

Perhaps you are fortunate enough to constantly be on vacation? Most fly. And never did I ever drive 600 miles for work?
We drove our Suburban for our Alaska highway trip.

Table 5b. Trends in the Average Person Trip Length by Trip Purpose
https://nhts.ornl.gov/assets/2017_nhts_summary_travel_trends.pdf

the infrastructure is NOT there for electric

Check out the difference between daytime and overnight demand, do not forget to factor in a diversity factor.
Overnight is slow charging, easy on the battery, less load than my wife’s hairdryer.

a niche vehicle option for commuters
Good! you are learning!!! op. cit.


135 posted on 08/12/2019 11:20:25 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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