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I personally think that EV charging infrastructure is not ready for mass adoption of electric cars. (This is, migration from internal combustion engines.) But

I personally think that EV charging infrastructure is not ready for mass adoption of electric cars. (This is, migration from internal combustion engines.) But this article tries to seem "more than fair" without stopping to mention the one great advantage of charging - that some can do so at home, every night. So that should greatly reduce the infrastructure needs. Peak charging in the public can and will be a problem, but I don't think the scale can be quantified without factoring in home charging.

Mirioron 7y ago
>But this article tries to seem "more than fair" without stopping to mention the one great advantage of charging - that some can do so at home, every night. So that should greatly reduce the infrastructure needs. I think some is the operative word here. Looking at the EU: 41.9% of people live in apartments.[0] In some of those countries it's over 60% even. I don't think even all houses are appropriate to charge your EV. I didn't think this was as much of a problem until this article. I never considered the jerry can point. This does make me wonder if hybrids just make more sense after all. [0] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Housing_statistics#Type_of_dwelling https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...
- swish_bob 7y ago
  Even the jerry-can point is bullshit. I already have a portable battery pack in my garage for jump starting a car with a dead battery (because it's not possible to get another car onto the drive to jump start one that way). The tech to do the equivalent for a battery powered car is achievable, and I doubt it'll be terribly long before the roadside assistance companies are fitting the equivalent to a number of their vehicles.
  - Mirioron 7y ago
    I suppose that is an option. Perhaps a 2nd electric car could charge the first one. That actually sounds like it should already be possible. Is it? I tried googling but couldn't find an answer.

Mirioron 7y ago

>But this article tries to seem "more than fair" without stopping to mention the one great advantage of charging - that some can do so at home, every night. So that should greatly reduce the infrastructure needs. I think some is the operative word here. Looking at the EU: 41.9% of people live in apartments.[0] In some of those countries it's over 60% even. I don't think even all houses are appropriate to charge your EV. I didn't think this was as much of a problem until this article. I never considered the jerry can point. This does make me wonder if hybrids just make more sense after all. [0] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Housing_statistics#Type_of_dwelling https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...

swish_bob 7y ago
Even the jerry-can point is bullshit. I already have a portable battery pack in my garage for jump starting a car with a dead battery (because it's not possible to get another car onto the drive to jump start one that way). The tech to do the equivalent for a battery powered car is achievable, and I doubt it'll be terribly long before the roadside assistance companies are fitting the equivalent to a number of their vehicles.
- Mirioron 7y ago
  I suppose that is an option. Perhaps a 2nd electric car could charge the first one. That actually sounds like it should already be possible. Is it? I tried googling but couldn't find an answer.