Posted on 05/23/2021 7:10:50 AM PDT by DoodleBob
and what happens to all the people that work at Gas Stations ?
Most suburbanites will charge their car in their garage overnight from about 11pm to 5am in the near future.
In the distant future, most cars will get recharged during the daytime (when the sun shines) at workplaces or while shopping.
When traveling, cars will get recharged at meal stops and overnight at motels.
Recharging speed really isn’t going to be important generally.
Talk about a prey-rich environment!
The electrical infrastructure isn’t there, and never will be.
“and what happens to all the people that work at Gas Stations ?”
We don’t have gas stations. We have mini-marts with gas pumps. Already they are adding charging stations.
Still have to sell slurpees.
“and what happens to all the people that work at Gas Stations ?”
It’s been decades since drivers said “fill ‘er up”.
I refer to them as, “Coal-Powered Cars.”
Really cheeses off the leftists.
“The electrical infrastructure isn’t there, and never will be”
The Model-T was rolling off the assembly line for years before the first service station was built!
They'll still be there doing the same things they're doing now; make coffee, cook hot dogs, fill the nacho pots, restock shelves, sell lottery tickets, check IDs on tabacco beer sales. And say the charging station "not working" ...and ignore customer complaints.
;>)
Most all homes have 240vac. Same circuit that runs most clothes dryers will charge these cars. But at the 2nd fastest rate.
No homes, except for the McMansions, have 460/3phase AC power, as required for the fastest charge rate. There is the problem. People pushing these electric cars can’t sell these slow to charge, fast to discharge vehicles.
They are no practical for a company running a fleet of service vehicles.
Gas power rules!
“The electrical infrastructure isn’t there, and never will be.”
An electric car might get 4 miles on a kwh. My air conditioner might use 3kw per hour. That’s 12 miles per hour worth of charge capability at night time. Over say six hours, about 72 miles of charge can be added to the electric car.
Yes, I realize there are exceptions, such as those living in Obama voter complexes, but they are exceptions.
I’ve installed a couple of these charger units in rich peoples houses. The general rule is the more amps you can throw at it the faster it will charge the battery. That means a 100amp sub panel dedicated to the charger. Residential service is at max 200amp and that’s for larger homes. Most are 100 or 60. The meter will spin like CD player when charger is on. Most people who buy these won’t bat an eye when I charge them 2000+$ to install a dedicated sub panel. So for me, I say bring em on I need a new snowmobile.
What astounded me most about the article was that hundreds of words later, I STILL can't get a straight answer to the headline question. You need the simplex method to find a corner solution.
Most Americans get peeved when their phone has 12% batter power despite charging overnight. Does anyone think we will happily transition from a 5-minute gas pump trip to a 30-60 min charging station visit, especially when hold-ups-while-charging get news traction?
At first glance I thought those were headstones.
In the great state of New Jersey it is illegal to pump your own gas.
No homes have 460? 3 phase
Maybe they are, FRiend...
A. According to GMC, it'll take about 10 minutes to restore 100 miles of range when the truck goes on sale in 2022.
Complete, marketing BS.
If the range of a Hummer is 300 miles, they are implying to stupid people it would only take 30 minutes to fully charge the battery.
1) No lithium Ion battery can go from zero to full charge in 30 minutes, without severely limiting the life of the battery.
2) the KW's required would require special chargers that currently don't exist. The most you'll get out of a home charger is 10-20 miles/hour.
It's weird they would publish such BS without question/caveats.
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