EVs might be at least part of the answer in the future but for now, IMO they’re not completely ready for prime time.
The fact that biden and the rest of ‘em tried to ram them down the American people’s throats told me that.
The imaginary arguments against EV evaporate with 1000-1500km ranges , -30C to plus 45C temp range, and sub 4 min changing to the 80% point which in a 1000km EV is 6.25 hours at 70mph avg moving speed hard to do in most places in the seat till you would need a 3 min 44 second top up to go another 6+ hours. You left the house fully charged from the time you slept before the trip. If not a 3 min stop for snacks and drinks covers any top up. Oh and 1000+ cycles in a 1000km pack to 80% SOH not dead is 1 million km and LFP does 6000 cycles if you 1C charge them not 10-15C like CATL just showed you. They show that even at 1000 ultra fast megawatt level charges you still get 1000 cycles to the 80 date of health point that’s the industry standard also known as 80% SOH. The pack still works it just holds 80% of its initial kWh when it reaches this point. 800km for a 1000km pack in this case. That’s still 600km leaving a 10% lower buffer in a single charge and under 3 min to put that 600km back in .
Simply put the avg person drives under 40 miles per day. The actual number is 96% of all trips are under 30 miles.
Even a L2 plug on your garage wall can put in 30 miles in under 1 hour with 240v.
Model 3 goes 4 miles on a single kWh with AC ripping at 70mph, much farther in the city grid lock.
250wh/mi hwy and 100ish city grid lock I have seen as low as 90wh/mi in biblical Houston gridlock it’s mostly creeping and regen creep and regen.
So 7.5kWh plus 10% AC/DC>pack losses
8.25kWh from the plug then with a 240volt 50 amp plug you would need 34 amps to put that much in 1 hour the car does up too 48 amps from an L2 charger so 46 miles of charge per hour. This covers more than 96% of all daily trips according to the DOT numbers.
I never worry about my Model 3 it takes under 10 seconds to plug it to the L2 on the wall and when I come back after a nap or a snack it’s full to 80% again easy peasy. It has a 375 mile range not 1000km which is 625 miles. I go twice a month to Austin and it never needs a stop either way I just charge it the first night at my condo in it’s assigned spot with an L2 next to it. I rent out the spot and charger because it’s a 3 block walk to West 6th so prime parking on weekends and festivals like SXSW = $$$
I likely would never use 625 miles of range all at once and if it had 300 miles of range and a 4 min to 80% that is zero need for 625 miles the 300 is plenty. I have owned no less than 8 vehicles that had under 300 miles per tank from the 80s 90s and 00s my first car that broke the 350 mile range was my S60 it was 28mpg with a 17gal tank but you only could use 15 gal before the light would come on and it would stop showing the miles to E and just show LOW FUEL so realistically 420 miles then a 5-10 min stop depending on how fast the pump was flowing.
Yeah give me a half sized 1000km pack and 2-3 min charging solves any range I would ever want to go.
“IMO they’re not completely ready for prime time.”
Two days ago there was a Tesla ahead of me and one behind me. As we went the mile to the next light I passed two Teslas in the opposite lane.
“IMO they’re not completely ready for prime time.”
The title of the best-selling car in the world depends on the timeframe, with the Toyota Corolla holding the all-time record and the Tesla Model Y leading recent annual sales.
All-Time Best-Seller: The Toyota Corolla is the most sold car in history, with over 50 million units sold globally since its introduction in 1966.
Recent Global Leader: The electric Tesla Model Y has overtaken the global charts in recent years, selling over 1.1 million units annually alongside the Toyota RAV4 and Toyota Corolla.
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