[GrandJediMasterYoda]

How long does it take to charge these cars? I would assume much longer than it takes to fill up a gas tank. So can you imagine the long lines of cars fighting for one charging station? And what about the huge weight this is going to have on a towns electric power? We will have blackouts and brown outs all over the place, where i live they can barely handle all the air conditioners going on in the summer.

[qaz123]

My rules would be……

If you have an electric car because you’re doing your part to save the planet, then you cannot use electricity that comes from a fossil fueled power plant and there are no public charging locations.

You want to recharge the batteries, use electric that comes from the sun, wind or water.

[Cobra64]

Good luck when these people in northern states sit stuck in a blizzard and their electric heaters die. Or a summer traffic jam with the AC sucking all the juice out of the battery. BTW, do “these people” ever wonder how the electric power companies are going to provide power for 300 million electric cars when there are ALREADY brownouts occurring?

Common sense isn’t common anymore.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Recharging will depend on how much amperage you can pump into them. Here is a chart. https://www.divineelectricnorcal.comTesla-charging-charts/ Typical recharging time is 8-16 hours at home or 30 minutes to an hour at a supercharging station. Your range will decrease significantly when it is cold.

[Alberta's Child]

I see EVs as ideal for a stay-at-home or work-from-home Mom who never drives more than 20 miles in a day, never travels by car more than 10 miles from home, and doesn’t have to worry about recharging time because the car is parked at home for at least 20 hours every day.

In other words, an EV is perfect for someone who is looking for a glorified golf cart.

[kiryandil]

I call it “Eloithink”...

[Secret Agent Man]

neighborhood transformers are not sozed to be running at a high/full load 24/7

power companies size the transformers for a neighborhood with the assumption that overnight usage will be significantly lighter than dsytime, and that generally the night temperatures will be cooler than the daytime temps.

if people are all charging cars overnight the transformers don’t have the expected amount of time to cool down

ie they will wear out and fail faster