[Oldhunk]

The real problem with electrics is today’s batteries, which are ill-suited for the purpose. If we had a real battery breakthrough that offered a battery without all of the disadvantages of current batteries, electrics might make sense.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

If we had a real battery breakthrough that offered a battery without all of the disadvantages of current batteries, electrics might make sense.

If that happens, you can be sure that an administration such as the current one will squash the development of said battery via EPA etc. regulation so as to make them unaffordable or unavailable.

After all, getting us slaves into EVs versus ICE cars in NOT the goal.

[jonrick46]

The batteries store power in watt energy. A typical EV battery will charge up with enough energy to run the typical home for two days. The Tesla Model S and Model X variants holds 100 kWh and with quick charge 220 VAC system, For the Model S Tesla, it only takes about one hour to charge to 100% if it were totally depleted (not the usual case). That means, enough power to run a home (30 kWh per day) for three days is consumed in the 1 hour to charge it. That will put a huge demand on the energy infrastructure necessary to support it. I can imagine the transmission lines will have wire conductors the thickness of three inches to carry the power and power transformers on every other drop.

All connections will have to be solid or the resistance will cause enough heat to melt the connectors.