Posted on 01/29/2022 7:24:56 PM PST by DoodleBob
...woe to the urbanites. Chargers built into apartment parking lots are few and far between. And as if parking in a city isn’t nightmarish enough, competition for plug-friendly street spots leaves EVs stranded from the electricity that gives them life. Could you hack into the power lines above and snake a cord into your Tesla? Sure, if you prefer your biology extra crispy....
...convincing urban dwellers to pony up for EVs is tough. Even those who have gotten over anxieties about battery ranges will find there aren’t many places to charge them....
So the goal is clear: Build more chargers. But in dense places, the eternal question is, where? And how to guarantee that they will not only be accessible, but cheap enough for anyone to use them?
Whatever the strategy, though, cracking the problem is vital if cities—and the feds—want to stick to bigger goals for improving equity, accessibility, and racial justice, which many politicians have named as priorities. After all, low-income folks can’t switch from traditional cars to electric ones until they have abundant access to affordable charging infrastructure....
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But getting buy-in from residents in those places will be critical, because communities of color have grown accustomed to “neutral or benign neglect and sometimes even directly malignant [transportation] policy decisions,” says Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, the clean transportation consultant at GreenLatinos, a nonprofit. For communities unfamiliar with EVs, who might depend on gas stations or conventional auto repair shops for jobs, the sudden appearance of chargers could look like a harbinger of gentrification, she says—a physical sign that they are being replaced.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypressnews.com ...
“4 Solar panels for charging EV’s.”
Need to be VERY PATIENT if trying to charge a car from 4 solar panels, since it would take nearly a week.
“Then there’s the issue of winter snow removal which was always a pain in the ass for us since the plows could never fully clear the snow due to all the parked cars. Add to that the threat of a plow hitting a charger and one can see that charging stations for apartment dwellers is just not possible.”
Oh, stop being so negative, bad weather no longer occurs when you own an EV.
I’ll take option B: Stay with gasoline engine.
“This will add about $50-100/month to your electric bill. “
Today, maybe, but the just as they jacked with gas they will jack prices on electricity as they shutter coal and NG plants. Sucker.
I live in an inner city condo and have no access to an electric vehicle charger.
Very cute! (Sitting here chuckling!)
There are large number of homes and apartments in this country that only have 60 amp service. While you’re charging your EV you will be able to use your electric stove. In many areas the electric grid is already fully utilized. Someday I’ll get around to converting gasoline consumption to electrical consumption and come up with a forecast of how much electric grid will need to carry if you to achieve your goal of everyone driving EVs. That number, I’m sure, will be some multiple times the current capacity of the grid. Oh and solar panels on individual homes don’t work to supply the need. Lots of data out there on that.
The State of Virginia installed free charging in the highway rest areas. I am still upset the State pays for the fuel for people who bought those pieces of garbage even using tax subsidies!
How much does it cost to charge one of those things? Is it more expensive than buying gasoline?
100%!!! this is wrong on sooo many levels...
FWIW, be ready for this week.
Texas is due for another cold snap, per Joe Bastardi at WeatherBell.
He doesn’t expect it to be as bad as last year’s but wants people to be ready.
“Very cute! (Sitting here chuckling!)”
When I moved into a new house in a ‘planned community’, after having lived in a beater home for a few years, I already had a pretty good taste of ‘house life’.
So I dreaded cutting the grass every week and quickly hired a gardener. But others in the new community would be smiling away when they cut their own grass, often doing it twice a week. I figured it was because they felt that they’ve finally made it, having their own house, just like daddy did when they were growing up. But then their rates of grass cutting slowed down, and their lawns weren’t as pretty. And by the next spring, they pretty much all had hired gardeners.
It’s like an electric car - it makes the owner feel smug at ‘screwing over Exxon’, for once. So you gladly drag out the 20 lb. cord and shove it into the car, or go to a supercharging station and say FU EXXON!!!
But then you get home in a thunderstorm with horizontal rain, but you still need to charge the car for work tomorrow. Not so much fun now. And then you go to a supercharging station for your 30 minute recharge, but to help the time go by, you count the cars that go in, fill up, and go out of the gas station across the street, and wonder “What kind of an idiot was I”.
“Texas is due for another cold snap, per Joe Bastardi at WeatherBell.”
Thanks...I checked, pretty much in family, unlike last year.
Didn’t mean to step on toes.
It’s just that you need to match surge and continuous loads to your inverter.
You *might* be able to operate the air handler on a gas furnace, but it’d be good to get advice from an electrician if you haven’t done so already.
Consider, electrical power is “on demand”. That is why there are extremely expensive “surge stations” all over the country. What is generated is distributed across the nation.
What is not consumed, is lost.
Then again, lithium batteries are liking to take care of that problem too. When we have excess power; we now have reliable, cost effective and long term reliability tech to do this
Whether it’s solar, nuclear, wind, coal, or other fossil derived power. It can be stored. And that is just a part of what is changing. It’s not all just about electrical boats, vehicles, planes, motorcycles or wheelchairs. Life is changing
CyberTruck on order
Model 3 plaid on order
Currently driving a 20 yr old Tacoma to work. It’s 65 miles each way to where we build the boosters for the SLS. For me, this just makes sense. And my other job is a tech advisor to the BoD for a lithium recovery company that will work to support American derived Nickel, Cobalt and Lithium instead of depending upon China.
Some people invest in Tesla. Some invest in GM, Ford, Chev or Chrysler. Everyone needs lithium; and that’s where I put my money years ago. I can do pretty much anything I want to now. I no longer work for a paycheck. Take two steps back and look at the big picture
“CyberTruck on order
Model 3 plaid on order”
Fine, no problem by me. If I wanted to buy those cars tomorrow, I could too. No big deal. All I want is to keep the CHOICE that you have because the people you’re in bed with DO NOT want me to have that choice. And my choice is to stick with gasoline and diesel and NOT be punished for it.
I am unaware of anyone pushing anyone into an EV
EV is not a “one size fits all” solution; and (today) anyone that says it is, is lying to you. For some people, it’s not practical. For others, they may chose to stay with the time proven ICE. That is fair. I have no issue with that choice
But, when people distort one side, to falsely promote another; I won’t sit down and sit quietly. I didn’t for the Vax. I didn’t sit quietly on the vote; and I won’t sit quietly on this
EV has the potential to solve a great many problems that we are facing. Will it solve all of them tomorrow? No. But. It is a step in the right direction. We have been using the ICE for over 100 years; it’s time to move forward
“Will it solve all of them tomorrow? No. But. It is a step in the right direction. We have been using the ICE for over 100 years; it’s time to move forward”
You don’t even see yourself spouting the same BS that you accuse others of. WHY are EVs “a step in the right direction”? Many here consider it a huge step BACKWARDS from a near-flawless system of personal transportation.
And you sound like a kindergartner with your “it’s time to move forward” bullshit. Do you have a God complex or something? How about letting THE MARKET decide when and how to move forward? That’s what I thought people here believe in.
The Average life you can expect from an ICE is about 150,000 miles. How many moving parts in your engine? When 1 part fails, you come to a stop.
The estimated life expectancy of the EV motor is over 1 million miles. The body of the Tesla is made from hardened aluminum (like an AR rifle, no corrosion). The batteries should charge and discharge enough for over 1 million miles before losing 20% of their new performance characteristics. Further, AI allows performance characteristics such that the 0-60 mph of 1.9 seconds (yes, in some stock cars) can be done by novice drivers as the AI will keep them from endangering themselves. Further the 360° radar tracking video and Radar (with IR assist) protects you from pedestrians, can be used in court if someone either hits you, or your system records a fatality. Further, driving assist includes lane changing, obstacle avoidance and fully automated driving in a future release
. No, you don’t have to take, engage or use them.
Notice that one of us is simply offering options and not insulting the other? If you don’t want an EV, that’s perfectly fine. It’s your money. It’s your life. But educate yourself and people like me won’t have to talk to a “kindergartener” trying to explain the benefits
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