Posted on 07/30/2021 6:53:49 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Roughly 20% of electric vehicle owners in California replaced their cars with gas ones, a study shows.
The main reason drivers said they made the switch was the inconvenience of charging.
The findings suggest new challenges facing the growth of the nascent electric vehicle market
can fill the gas tank of a Ford Mustang and have enough range to go about 300 miles with its V8 engine.
But on a recent 200-mile trip from Boston to New York in the Mustang's electric Mach-E variant, Axios' Dan Primack said he felt "panic" as his battery level dipped below 23% while searching for a compatible charger to complete his trip.
"I was assured that this might be one of the country's easiest EV routes," Primack wrote. "Those assurances were misplaced."
For Bloomberg automotive analyst Kevin Tynan, an hour plugged into his household outlet gave the Mach-E just three miles of range.
"Overnight, we're looking at 36 miles of range," he told Insider. "Before I gave it back to Ford, because I wanted to give it back full, I drove it to the office and plugged in at the charger we have there."
Standard home outlets generally deliver 120 volts, powering what electric vehicle aficionados call "Level 1" charging, while the higher-powered specialty connections at 240 volts are known as "Level 2." By comparison, Tesla's "Superchargers," which can fully charge its cars in a little over an hour, run on 480 volts.
That difference is night and day, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Energy by University of California Davis researchers Scott Hardman and Gil Tal that surveyed Californians who purchased an electric vehicle between 2012 and 2018.
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All valid points
I have cordless power tools that always need a charge before I can use them as I do not use them much and the battery runs down.
I have power tools with cords that I end up using.
Well...that sounds...simple.
Wait until free public recharge becomes sliding rate pay as you go....
Duh…
Niche commuter vehicles, and not going to be anything but for a long long time
Well, all the car companies are saying they are done with gas engines. This fall we will see many new models, some that do 0 to sixty in two seconds, and a 400 mile range.
Gas powered cars will be like Tube TV’s when Flat screens became accepted. Tossed in the garbage.
Intel used to spend a bit more to do SX chips vs their DX faster ones in the 90s. The SX ones actually took more manufacturing processes to cripple the chip.
It’s nothing new.
I don’t see how the nitwits who want to ban small, gasoline-powered engines get traction. Electric power tools might be fine for home use, but if you’re a landscaper, you can’t afford to be charging them every time you turn around.
Corporations are just playing the woke game. Ice will not go away. I don’t to want be in the middle of no where trying to find a charge station. I don’t want to wait 4, 6, 12 hours for a recharge. I don’t to want bring an electric generator for my car on camping trips. I want, heat and air conditioning in my vehicle without worrying if I’m draining the battery. I want all the convenience of an ice vehicle all the time. I don’t want to settle for an ev.
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