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there is many uses where charging will be at least problematic. e.g camping away, or doing a road trip, or doing farm work. It's not enough for cafe's to provid
by buboard 7y ago
there is many uses where charging will be at least problematic. e.g camping away, or doing a road trip, or doing farm work. It's not enough for cafe's to provide chargers, because it's not as if people park right outside businesses, especially in old european towns.
i live in an island that is powered by an Oil power plant. it would be bad for the environment to use an electric car, power outages do happen, and the city is old and badly designed so that for the vast majority of people it's not possible to charge at home, they d have to add charging stations on every street.
i guess for the tesla's market - which is above average buyers - it is possible to charge easily. or it also happens to be their second car
- ZeroGravitas 7y agoWhy do you think an EV would be bad for the environment in this island scenario? Oil-burning generation electrical plants should power Evs about 1/3rd more efficiently than an equivalent ICE car. Some comparisons: https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2017/dec/25/how-green-are-electric-cars https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2017/dec...
- buboard 7y agoThanks for this, it still shows a rather small benefit, however. I do think that in a few years time electric can become the best choice. The mechanical simplicity alone is worth it
- de_watcher 7y agoIn Europe you go to a supermarket that has a large parking space. If you can charge there then you basically don't need to charge at home, especially if you also can charge at work.