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Switzerland's Tesla Model 3 Story Is A Preview Of The Future
Inside Evs ^ | 23 Jan 2022 | EVANNEX

Posted on 01/23/2022 3:04:35 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT

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Recall the satellite photo of North Korea at night?

Now Switzerland will surely be the same!

Their grid will be devoid of all volts and amps...absolute zero no electrons moving...all of them sucked out to power their EVs.

Making watches in the dark or by the light of the luminous dials.

1 posted on 01/23/2022 3:04:35 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Hydo Power.

Short distances.


2 posted on 01/23/2022 3:07:02 PM PST by Paladin2
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Really going to be some gamechanger EV’s in another year or two from various companies.. 450-500 range and fast charging.


3 posted on 01/23/2022 3:08:12 PM PST by setter
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Switzerland is 1/3 the size of North Carolina.

A bicycle would do.


4 posted on 01/23/2022 3:11:20 PM PST by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Eventually the roads will need to be paid for. Will be fun when the owners get their bill.


5 posted on 01/23/2022 3:11:47 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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“Largest extension west - east: 348 km (216 miles)”

Trump should buy it and put it in western ND...


6 posted on 01/23/2022 3:19:21 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Sure, the future of places where range is not an issue. If I lived in an urban area, my second car would be an electric.


7 posted on 01/23/2022 3:19:32 PM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

For some perspective, West Virginia is bigger than Switzerland.


8 posted on 01/23/2022 3:19:38 PM PST by Restless
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Not that many will be able to afford EVs.


9 posted on 01/23/2022 3:21:54 PM PST by laplata
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If what I have been reading is correct, used EVs do not sell. That means that in a few short years Switzerland is going to have a used EV recycling problem. There could possibly be a decent money making opportunity here for the person who figures out how to successfully recycle lithium based batteries.


10 posted on 01/23/2022 3:22:26 PM PST by HusbandMan
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To: old curmudgeon

They can invest in under road induction charging. That would be sweet. Rich homogeneous population. Let’s export them 13% blacks, 20% hispanics and the rest and see how they do.


11 posted on 01/23/2022 3:23:49 PM PST by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrat)
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To: laplata

Switzerland per capita GDP:

$67,557


12 posted on 01/23/2022 3:24:06 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: DUMBGRUNT

pros

quiet
a lot of maintenance disappears
cheaper for now in terms of fuel cost
can be cleaner but depends on what generates the electricity

cons

range anxiety
initially more expensive
refuelling takes longer sometimes a lot longer
extreme temps reduce range and energy even more
can blow up

All the cons won’t stop evs from advancing regardless though.
Switzerland isn’t even the first country to have this happen. Norway was the same IIRC some years ago.


13 posted on 01/23/2022 3:25:34 PM PST by xp38
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How much of that becomes disposable income after taxes, cost of living, etc.?


14 posted on 01/23/2022 3:28:24 PM PST by laplata
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To: old curmudgeon
Dunno if you've been, but Switzerland is pretty "hilly" - it would really work out a cyclist.


15 posted on 01/23/2022 3:30:57 PM PST by Wayne07
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To: setter

Lots of battery tech in the pipeline that will provide 1000 mile ranges and dramatically quicker charge times.


16 posted on 01/23/2022 3:31:27 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: Paladin2

Please disregard my question. Switzerland has relatively low taxes and cost of living. I was thinking of Sweeden.


17 posted on 01/23/2022 3:33:10 PM PST by laplata
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A bicycle would do.

Maybe for Lance Armstrong. I'm not going to bicycle up the side of an Alp. Ever been to Switzerland?

18 posted on 01/23/2022 3:33:45 PM PST by PAR35
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“A bicycle would do”.

Yep, those Alpine roads are flat as pancakes./s


19 posted on 01/23/2022 3:34:48 PM PST by laplata
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Norway is a perfect case study in how EV markets could work, and how limited they seem to be. The entire country has a population about 30% smaller than the population of New York City, and almost one-third of all Norwegians live in the Oslo metropolitan area.

That simply doesn’t translate to a North American model very well at all.

20 posted on 01/23/2022 3:35:05 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest; still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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