Posted on 10/24/2023 7:19:01 PM PDT by bitt
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm gave Americans an unintended glimpse of the future during her road trip this summer touting the wonders of electric vehicles. Far from spotlighting the promise of EVs, her public relations misadventure in Georgia involved one of her staff in a gasoline-powered vehicle blocking off a coveted charger in advance of her arrival, leading to frayed tempers and a local EV owner calling the cops. It was an illustration of the challenges drivers could face as governments push the public to embrace plug-in vehicles.
Hyped as technological marvels, EVs are boobytrapped with a host of inconveniences and tradeoffs. By now many people have heard about range anxiety, exploding lithium-ion batteries, and the environmental destruction caused by global mining for battery minerals.
But another wave of challenges is in the offing as the federal government and state officials pump in billions of dollars to build out a massive national infrastructure of charging stations to power the EVs.
The sheer scale of a charging infrastructure means recruiting retailers and businesses to install and maintain chargers that are expected to lose money in the near future, with some likely to be written off as economic losses.
In California, which is slated to ban sales of new gasoline-powered cars in just 12 years, government estimates indicate the state may need to install at least 20 electric chargers for every gas pump now in service to create a reliable, seamless network.
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all moot
the purpose of battery cars is to destroy private transportation
most will have to use public transportation
Whats the carbon footprint to install all the chargers, all the heavy high current wiring, and repair and maintenance to all the chargers that will be damaged and looted?
I think pairing charging stations with a nice restaurant might be good, since it takes so long you can eat an entire meal before its done.
“... since it takes so long you can eat an entire meal before its done.”
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Tesla Supercharging Time
Vehicle
Added Range (15 minutes)
Model 3
175 miles
Model Y
162 miles
Model S
200 miles
Model X
175 miles
” government estimates indicate the state may need to install at least 20 electric chargers for every gas pump now in service to create a reliable, seamless network.”
Does this number include home chargers? Most charging would be done at home.
Ford made an electric Mustang.
Chevy made an electric Corvette.
Dodge slapped a Hellcat motor in a minivan.
…and a motel.
Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!
the purpose of battery cars is to destroy private transportation
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^^^^THIS^^^^
I guess i should have also said “build and install” but thats what I meant, ...
Amazon recently rolled out their all electric package trucks in this area. A week or so ago one pulled up to the house to deliver something.
That’s one of the electric trucks isn’t it?
Yes it’s all electric.
How do you like it?
(Fairly long pause) It’s got nice seats. (pause) They got deployed 6 months late because a lightning storm knocked out all the chargers. Then, that lightning storm we had recently knocked out about a half of the new chargers. It’s kind of like starting out in the morning with a quarter tank of fuel. But it’s got nice seats...
So they probably will need to require some kind of electrical shielding and commercial grade lightning rod systems around these chargers as well if they want them to survive thunderstorms.
Way?
ping
Imagine the size of the parking lot
16 pumps at my local holiday station
It’s perfect as is... the idea comes through loud and clear...
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