‘Why did it take nine hours to go 130 miles in our new electric Porsche?’

The Guardian ^ | 28 Nov 2020 | Miles Brignall

[dfwgator]

“But they drove with pride....”

[GOP Poet]

haha. Well put!

[kiryandil]

I wonder how their bicycle-powered chainsaw works...

[aquila48]

It’s one of the reasons I’m not an early adopter. Let someone else work out the bugs in the system.

[Wilhelm Tell]

“Introducing the Lucas ‘Prince of Darkness’ electric car!”

[Right Brother]

One thing nice about a properly geared electric sports car is they are faster than anything gas fueled. No torque curve.

[RetiredArmy]

I get better mileage on my 10-speed Trek bicycle.

[Signalman]

I might do a hybrid at some point

I think it would be more productive if you drove it.

[JBW1949]

I just read where a DC fast charger takes 30 minutes for an 80% charge....

Can you imagine when NASCAR goes electric how long a pit stop will be???ROFL...

[Wilhelm Tell]

The British built the amazing Spitfire and excellent Hawker Hurricane fighter planes. What happened?

[1_Rain_Drop]

Did they try pushing the car?
They might have arrived home sooner.

[SaxxonWoods]

“I think an EV is a good solution for local driving.”

Hee hee.

Boy is that the truth.

[FoxInSocks]

Why did they leave home with 45 mile range left on an electric car to begin with?

So they wouldn’t have to pay for the electricity to recharge it? Find a free fill-up somewhere.

[TauntedTiger]

Quick replacement battery is my solution.

[Wilhelm Tell]

I can only afford to adopt something new when it has been developed to the point where it is no longer just a toy for millionaires.

[TauntedTiger]

Two minutes

[WarlordBK]

They’ve had Formula-E for years, they’ll just do full swaps.

[joshua c]

If the Govt’s goal is control, EV is the way to go.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Also relevant...

https://jalopnik.com/i-took-a-harley-davidson-livewire-on-a-road-trip-and-ev-1845749463

[Wilhelm Tell]

I have wondered about battery cells of a standard size and rather than go to a charging station for an hour you go to the battery station and turn in your discharged battery cells and pop in charged cells - maybe pay a rental fee for using the batteries. If things were well designed a battery change-out could be done a lot faster than waiting for a charge.