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To: Alberta's Child

“assurance they’ll be able to recharge their EV anywhere and at any time before they’ll even consider buying an EV for everyday use.”

That’s a good point, but if everyone charges over night that will give a few hundred miles of range. What percent of vehicles travel several hundred miles on a given day? It’s a pretty small percent. That’s where some extra generation capacity is needed.


105 posted on 07/24/2021 12:17:12 PM PDT by Renfrew
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To: Renfrew
Here's how many motorists -- and I suspect this is MOST motorists -- would operate on a daily basis:

1. Recharge car battery overnight.

2. Start the day with a range of 250+ miles.

3. Drive to a destination 10 miles away where the vehicle will sit for 2+ hours.

4. Recharge the battery at this destination even if it has 240 miles of range left on it.

116 posted on 07/24/2021 12:45:52 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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