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What about fast charging stations becoming more widespread? For example: legislation that requires all apartments to have charging outlets, or charging availab
by derekp7 9y ago
What about fast charging stations becoming more widespread? For example: legislation that requires all apartments to have charging outlets, or charging available on street parking.
The way I see it -- plugin hybrids with a minimal 50 mile electric range will start to become the norm, then with fewer people buying gas, many gas stations go out of business. Electric charging pops up at work and at the big box stores. Possibly metered, or subsidised by purchases. Then plugin hybrids become electric only once the gas stations disappear.
- anovikov 9y agoPlugin hybrid will be too costly soon, because it is unavoidably more costly than an ICE car (because it is an ICE car plus a lot more stuff) and will become more expensive than a pure BEV soon too as price of larger battery will no longer be more as price of gas engine and generator. That moment is already very close, most likely, it is already too late to build a mass market plug-in hybrid.
- derekp7 9y agoI've thought of a plugin hybrid as the same as a regular hybrid, but with a bigger battery. And a regular hybrid does have a somewhat simpler transmission (simple in the mechanical sense -- only one planetary gear system, plus two motor/generators, but quite a bit of software control is needed). Take a look at one of the videos of a Ford or Toyota ECVT transmission teardown. These things are a beautiful in the mechanical sense.