Race is on to build electric vehicle charging stations

Parking Network ^ | Monday, May 03, 2010 | Coulomb Technologies

[Willie Green]

It's BP's fault.

[jessduntno]

“Now that the world has decided this is a business, everyone wants in,” said Richard...”

Good...no need for subsidies.

[Dallas59]

$25 dollars an hour to park and $75 dollars for every kilowatt hour drawn.

[a fool in paradise]

Electric cars currently can travel only a limited number of miles before the batteries need to be recharged, leading to what is known in the industry as "range anxiety." And while most owners are expected to charge their vehicles overnight at home, some apartment dwellers and others may not have that convenience.

And what about roadtrips? Oh way, these cars are designed as weening devices to get Americans OUT of their cars and limit their freedom of travel.

[Dallas59]

Not to mention sales taxes....

[Le Chien Rouge]

If one is planning for plenty of electrical cars:

1)one had better start planning for more electrical output wattage....and windmills won’t even provide a 10th of what is needed.

2) Prepare for a sudden surge in the power grid when EVERYONE plugs their cars in at once

3) Don’t plan for long trips

4) Understand that we will STILL need diesel 18 wheelers —how else is organic food to be delivered to your local Whole Foods.

[ltc8k6]

“I live in Santa Monica, where there is free charging at my local shopping center.”

He actually believes the electricity is free...no wonder he likes battery powered cars...

[a fool in paradise]

many venture capitalists in Silicon Valley have poured money into companies like Tesla Motors, which makes electric cars, without thinking of the infrastructure needed to support them.

"Tesla Motors" is a fraud, the REAL Nikolas Tesla was working on wireless electricity. But then the companies can't regulate it's consumption.

[GeronL]

Its a good thing our President doesn’t want to bankrupt the coal industry.

oh right

[DaxtonBrown]

[Good...no need for subsidies.]

There’s gonna be a brazillian dollars in Green jobs!

Course, once they figure out the lithium reserves are limited and other metal oxide batteries are a pain to deal with, maybe we can convert to hydrogen (produced by cracking methane :)

[b4its2late]

Yep. And like making electricity doesn’t cause it’s own environmental issues one way or another....

[a fool in paradise]

2) Prepare for a sudden surge in the power grid when EVERYONE plugs their cars in at once

This is why you are going to have to get used to living like the rest of the world, no indoor A/C. The home use of electricity needs to go down to make room for the increase from drivers and other "rechargeable" devices.

[Tarpon]

Electric suicide clown cars are fine, then you hit something or something runs over you.

The damage is life changing.

[JennysCool]

[jessduntno]

“Course, once they figure out the lithium reserves are limited and other metal oxide batteries are a pain to deal with”

Will the disposal of this stuff be sooooooo cheap it will be almost an afterthought?

[MNJohnnie]

And what do the people do while they wait 5.5 hours to recharge their car batteries at these “Charging stations”?

Oh yeah, and is the race on to build the new electric power plants CA will need to generate the electricity for these cars?

Being “Progressive” must mean being absolutely unable to think.

[Kansas58]

Lets burn lots of coal to power “green” cars!

[bassmaner]

If electric cars are ever to be made viable, a method would need to be developed to quickly 'swap out' exhausted battery packs and 'swap in' fresh ones, in at least the same amount of time as it takes to fill up with gas.

And do it all without govt subsidy.

[precisionshootist]

I’m sorry but this whole electric car concept just feels like a big contrived lie.

The world decided this was a business? Is that the same world that decided “carbon credits” and “exchanges” is a business?

I can sum this whole industry up in one word...DECEPTION.

[Cobra64]