Posted on 11/28/2020 9:53:24 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Linda Barnes and her husband had to visit six charging stations as one after another they were either out of order, already had a queue or were the slow, older versions that would never be able to provide a fast enough charge in the time.
The couple, who love their new fully electric Porsche Taycan 4S, which has a range of about 250 miles, contacted the Guardian to describe how difficult it is to recharge a car away from home. Their journey would have taken two and a half hours in a conventional car, they say.
Linda says the sense of relief was enormous. “We ran through the entire gamut of emotions in those nine hours – resignation, range anxiety, annoyance and disbelief that this was happening – and finally elation when we realised we’d get home,” she says.
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“But they drove with pride....”
haha. Well put!
I wonder how their bicycle-powered chainsaw works...
It’s one of the reasons I’m not an early adopter. Let someone else work out the bugs in the system.
“Introducing the Lucas ‘Prince of Darkness’ electric car!”
One thing nice about a properly geared electric sports car is they are faster than anything gas fueled. No torque curve.
I get better mileage on my 10-speed Trek bicycle.
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...
The British built the amazing Spitfire and excellent Hawker Hurricane fighter planes. What happened?
Did they try pushing the car?
They might have arrived home sooner.
“I think an EV is a good solution for local driving.”
Hee hee.
Boy is that the truth.
So they wouldn’t have to pay for the electricity to recharge it? Find a free fill-up somewhere.
Quick replacement battery is my solution.
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.
Two minutes
They’ve had Formula-E for years, they’ll just do full swaps.
If the Govt’s goal is control, EV is the way to go.
Also relevant...
https://jalopnik.com/i-took-a-harley-davidson-livewire-on-a-road-trip-and-ev-1845749463
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.
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