Doing the math - using the AAA PDF file:
https://www.aaa.com/AAA/common/AAR/files/AAA-Electric-Vehicle-Range-Testing-Report.pdf
as a reference, I find that 13.125 hours of AC Level 2 Charging, are required to sustain *real world 450 mile* daily (mostly highway) runs in 8 hours travel time. (Such as I can do now, with gasoline fuel.)
That, tells me that EV is short haul.
I am not satisfied that our country can safely and practically process the chemical and metal - battery problems - for as much as 20 percent EV presence on the roads.
And, we would need a lot of nuclear power.
And, we need an enormous amount of infrastructure pumping juice to charging stations, merely to sustain as much as 20 percent EV presence on the roads.
“as a reference, I find that 13.125 hours of AC Level 2 Charging, are required to sustain *real world 450 mile* daily (mostly highway) runs in 8 hours travel time. (Such as I can do now, with gasoline fuel.)
That, tells me that EV is short haul.”
AC Level 2 is basically 240v home charging. Enroute superchargers deliver MUCH faster charging rates.
Mode 4 is 400 amps at 600 volts. We will soo be looking at full charging in 30 minutes
“And, we need an enormous amount of infrastructure pumping juice to charging stations, merely to sustain as much as 20 percent EV presence on the roads.”
The Model T was in production for five years before the first gas station opened!
“I am not satisfied that our country can safely and practically process the chemical and metal - battery problems”
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-rrd-Part201CitizensGuide_247033_7.pdf