the rest of them have a gas car also.................
This is with maybe 2 or 3% of all the cars in Kalifornia being EVs. And they already can’t generate enough power. Now we have so-called “infrastructure” spending which of course will mostly be squandered on Rat Party kleptocrats, cronies and union pension funds. Third World here we come.
In California the public utilities and state officials are warning about using electricity between 4-9pm. They are even running ads on TV suggesting people not turn their air conditioners or run laundry during these hours.
Now imagine all the cars parked in driveways and garages, they can’t start charging their cars until bedtime? In a more ideal world the cars would be smart enough to know when is the most efficient time to charge. And they would also be faster to charge and easy to plug in. That last part may be true but people can get lazy. Like, sometimes I forget to charge my phone at night, wake up with a battery low warning. Annoying because these new phones have battery charging regulators - takes hours to fully charge.
Electric cars are just another FReaking environmental busy-body/government scam!
And, it is the poor suffering American taxpayer who will suffer the exorbitant cost of said scam!
It’s a family emergency and your battery is low. Only one hour and 20 minutes to get ‘er filled up. Or, you run out of battery in the winter 100 miles from home and your on the side of a dark road. Guess what? Triple A can’t bring you a tank of battery.
Well, duh. Even if you can find a charging station, who wants to wait an hour or more (maybe even 4+ hours) for your battery to charge sufficiently?
Plus, I’ve even replaced all my electric garden tools with gas ones. I can’t stand how they lose power so quickly.
Read down to the end of this paper and pay attention to the math regarding the power requirements forecasted. EV are never going to work on a large scale.
We’re acquainted with a couple that was left stranded during the California wildfires. Told to flee, but power was out, so they can’t charge their electric cars.
This is why my in-laws have ALWAYS had a gas powered truck, though their home is solar powered with Tesla powerwall backups.
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Poring gas into a car is an equivalent of supplying about 4 Mega Watts of electrical power. That’s an output of small power plant! Gas just contains incredible energy.
What takes a minute at gas station takes an hour at the high power charging station or all night at home garage. There is no way around that!
Even if we had charging stations everywhere, imagine busy people, running late, needing to take an hour break for recharging their vehicle.
After missing few appointments, everybody would say - forget it!
This is one reason electric vehicles will never be able to replace gas.
Green regret.
Almost pulled the trigger on a Honda Clarity hybrid, but constant nagging from PG&E about electricity usage.
Electric vehicles, per se, aren't a bad thing, but the tech still isn't there, to say nothing of the “infrastructure” that combines the worst of capitalism and socialism - with none of the potential advantages of either - that is the economy in occupied Commiefornia.
With all the traffic jams, I wouldn’t take the chance of driving one.
Nothing like spending 50% of the travel time in a Walmart parking lot waiting for enough charge to get down the road to....... you guessed it.... another Walmart!
Guess the recharging time problem is hitting many electric car users right in the..... trunk (family rated post).
The best story I read was the lady who purchased a Nissan Leaf with 90 mile battery range. She lived 89 miles from the dealer. OK! Well seems no one explained that batteries lose ability to hold their maximum electricity capacity quickly then start to slowly lower their maximum level. Soon the lady was unable to drive the car back to the dealer and had to have the car towed in for repairs. The first repair was...... you guessed it..... lack of battery range. Of course she got a detailed discussion on how batteries deal with capacity over their lifespan.
If I had the money, I’d buy (or build) a strategically placed electric car charging station.
...but since charging stations also require maintenance, don’t blame me if my charging station happened to ‘down for maintenance’ every once in while, particularly when ‘woke’ people took to the road.
220, 221; whatever it takes.
The idea of going full gasoline to full electric is unrealistic and will produce chaos. Going from gas to hybrid, then allowing the infrastructure to catch up and get ahead of the economic curve makes much more sense. BUT, that requires reasonable discussion instead of winner take all periodic election cycles.
Besides, if full electric made more sense than shepherd we are today, the market would be pulling the politicians along the path instead of what we have now.
I live in northern Illinois so 4=wheel drive is a need, not a want. Otherwise, I would still be driving the 2014 Fusion i gave to my son instead of the Escape i have today.
Of course, allowing individuals to make rational decisions is countrary to big government thinking.
The other 80% have lackeys/slaves to do it for them.
A customer of mine bragged about his electric car after it took him two days to drive what is usually a 3 hour trip. But he saved so much on gasoline you see.
Most homes only have enough 240V outlets for their clothes dryer and their A/C. It's an extra cost to have an electrician install an additional 240V circuit in the garage to charge the car overnight for decent local range.
-PJ