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Long-Range EVs Are the Antithesis of Efficiency and Sustainability
- tomohawk 7y agoFor me and several people I know, EVs have yet to reach a minimum utility level where we would consider purchasing them. I can get any old gas powered vehicle with 500 mile range. It will have that range on a 5 minute "charge". When the temperature is 5 degrees F (not balmy california coastal temps). It will do so with a 5 year old storage system (tank). In fact, the storage system will not degrade over time. And the price of the gas powered vehicle with much better utility? Less. There's a lot of talk about averages in this piece. The US Air Force once went to a lot of trouble measuring pilots. They then built an airplane cockpit that would accommodate the average pilot. It didn't actually fit anyone.
- bloak 7y agoThe funny thing is that it's only today that EVs have to be long-range. Probably in a few decades' time there will be charging stations everywhere so you wouldn't mind having a much shorter range. I know some people drive across the wilderness, but I personally almost never drive anywhere that isn't within a hundred metres of mains electricity. How hard would it be to add a metered tap everywhere where someone might need it? (OK, speed of charging might still be a problem.)