Who has this kind of time to waste hanging around waiting on the battery to charge? Also the cost of electricity is very high and will only cost more. A gas car is cheaper. One reason why the politicians are raising gas taxes just like electric rates to force you into their solar/wind dreams and the ability to shutdown your car and home use of electricity. Control control control.
How long does it take to charge an electric car? What you need to know
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/how-long-does-it-take-to-charge-an-electric-car-what-you-need-to-know
Those that pay the high cost to get a higher charge connection at home just blew all their savings over a gas car plus battery fires are a constant threat to burning your home down and you. While driving you can have a fire that is too rapid to escape from or in an accident you can have the batteries flinging at high speed at others.
Exactly. You make some excellent points. Call me old-fashioned, but they’ll have to pry the steering wheel of my gas driven car, out of my cold dead hands.
Level 3 (50kW Rapid): 82 kWh battery 1h 5m 1h 48m
Tesla’s superchargers are 250 kw.
Besides, 99.5% of daily driving is short distance enabling the owner only needing to top off while sleeping.
“While driving you can have a fire that is too rapid to escape from ...”
Actually that applies to gas cars.
“Level 3 (50kW Rapid): 82 kWh battery 1h 5m 1h 48m”
LOL! 50kw! Tesla is doing 250! Porsche is doing 350!
Now Porsche is following Tesla’s lead and announcing its own network to complement one of those third-party networks, Ionity, in Europe:
Porsche is planning its own fast-charging stations along the most important European major highways and motorways. These will offer customers a high-quality, brand-appropriate charging experience while complementing the Ionity network. A unique design will showcase the special character of the Porsche fast-charging stations to the outside world.
The German automaker says that each station will have “between six and 12 charging points with a charging capacity of 350 kW and more.”