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To: Alberta's Child

Your comments are interesting, but have you considered that the routine charging of an electric vehicle is fundamentally different from filling a gas tank? The latter can only be done at a gas station, and you would usually do that only once a week when the tank is nearing empty, whereas you would typically top off your EV battery at home every night. Each morning, you leave home with the equivalent of a full tank in your EV, without the need to stop at a gas station at work or when shopping. Of course, long distance trips are an exception, but I would guess that most people travel between 30 and 60 miles a day on average, and they could bring their batteries to full overnight.


64 posted on 07/24/2021 10:47:17 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: PUGACHEV
You're looking at this from the standpoint of a motorist who is practical and prudent, and has confidence in the vehicle.

I'm looking at this from the standpoint of someone who is likely to view vehicle charging as something more similar to charging a mobile phone than to refueling a vehicle with gasoline. In a culture dominated by electronic devices there is likely to be a natural tendency for people to take advantage of opportunities to charge a device while it is stationary -- to ensure that it has as much power as possible available when there is a need to disconnect it. I believe most drivers would look to take advantage of ANY "down" time for the vehicle and charge it just so they are confident it has a full charge when they start it up again.

82 posted on 07/24/2021 11:23:16 AM 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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