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To: TexasGator

Only when you are using your car as a commuter vehicle... if you drive anywhere, you need to recharge en route, and until you can charge it 10 minutes or less with at least a 300 mile range per charge, the all electric vehicle is a niche commuter/second vehicle... nothing more.


47 posted on 10/17/2017 11:11:00 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay
They are almost there. Just a 5 minute charge to get to 90% capacity. The question is the range which will depend on lots of variable such as weight, load, and terrain such as hills or flat land.

Toshiba's new fast-charging battery could triple the range of electric vehicles

In just about the same amount of time as it takes to fill up and clean the windshield the new tech can charge up. The problem is really about the batteries themselves. They are made of expensive hard to get cobalt which is mined by child labor. Another company is working on a fix for that. Now if the two could be combined safely; e-cars will likely start becoming more popular. I still think the market should decide and not some government yahoo. Things like this always progress better when allowed to happen organically.

Sodium-ion battery beats lithium for cost effectiveness

123 posted on 10/17/2017 11:49:50 AM PDT by Boomer (The dem party has become the North Korea of American politics; unreasonable, dictatorial, fascist.)
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