[The Great RJ]

Driving range is just one problem with electric cars. Recharging time is also an issue for consumers. Instead of a 10 minute fill up at a gas station, electric cars would require hours of recharging. This might not be a problem if you are driving to work and can recharge there, but consider driving your electric car on vacation, making deliveries or even a weekend trip. Long recharge times could be a nightmare on the road. Imagine pulling into a recharge station and waiting hours in line for your hours long recharge.

[thackney]

Recharging time is also an issue for consumers.

I've wondered for a while if there was a market for a small trailer mounted generator for those long trips.

[chrisser]

Driving range is just one problem with electric cars. Recharging time is also an issue for consumers.

One of the biggest problems I see is the environment vehicles have to operate in. Just in this country, we have regular seasonal temperatures that vary by well over 100 degrees. A battery that works just fine at average room temperature generally doesn't work all that well 50+ degrees above or 50+ degrees below, both of which are common. Where I live (NE Ohio), we're seeing regular single-digit temps right now, but summers in the high 90s would not be unusual, and we've seen extremes past that at both ends some years.

Of course, to be sure, gasoline and diesel vehicles aren't exactly happy at those temperature extremes either, at least at first. But once started, the will generally operate reliably, predictably and without a significant performance penalty. Not so much so with traction batteries.

[Preachin']

I don’t know a whole lot about electric cars, but have read that ghere is a move to stadardize removeable batteries that can be changed in minutes ar a charging station. I would expect a noticable fee for such a service.

[Paladin2]

Quick change battery packs to swap out.

[Iron Munro]

Driving range is just one problem with electric cars.

The government already has a work-around solution to that limitation.

As the government closes off more large tracts of land to habitation and makes it more and more difficult to live in the country and small towns, the population will increasingly be concentrated into cities.

In an urban setting there is less need for private cars and less need for cars with long range capabilities.

So gradually the impact of the limited range of electric vehicles will be mitigated by stuffing us into bird coops stacked on top of each other.

Country living will become a perk reserved for politicians and other wealthy and well connected elites.

[stremba]

I would think that something like they do with propane tanks for gas grills could alleviate this somewhat. You have someone remove your battery and trade it for a fully charged one (for a fee, of course). That would likely take longer than a fill up with a gasoline-powered vehicle, but certainly not as long as charging the battery would take.

[NavVet]

Or, you could pull into one of the growing number of DC quick chargers, which are free in Tesla’s case, and top of in less than 30 minutes. This essentially let’s you drive 500 miles with one 30 minute break. And remember, with an EV, you pull out of your garage with a full tank every morning. And while charging may still take longer than filling up your tank with gasoline you have to also remember that it’s free in many cases and even when you have to pay its only a fraction of the cost of putting the equivalent amount of gasoline in your car.

[Smokin' Joe]

This might not be a problem if you are driving to work and can recharge there,...

Until you get a call and your kid is having a medical emergency at school...