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i still like this idea, yes you basically need 7000 charge ports, according to this : https://www.google.com/search?&q=how+much+does+an+electric+vehicle+chargin
by sabujp 6y ago
i still like this idea, yes you basically need 7000 charge ports, according to this : https://www.google.com/search?&q=how+much+does+an+electric+vehicle+charging+station+cost https://www.google.com/search?&q=how+much+does+an+electric+v... , you can install one for ~500 - $1k, that's an additional $3.5m million on the price tag. Then to install the additional wiring and some method of recharging cars on the boat at port you'd probably need at least half that so an addition 1.75 for a total of probably ~5 - 6 million. Also you wouldn't necessarily have all these batteries on the return voyage unless you were shipping cars back as well. If you cover the boat in solar you would get additional energy.
- tpmx 6y agoYeah, perhaps it could make sense economically down the road, once it's all BEVs that are being shipped. It's really hard to to that calculation as an outsider though. Maybe this project should work with a BEV company to do a preliminary feasibility study of this. They've probably already thought about this though. Edit: It will also become more feasible with energy density increases in batteries. I hope it's not entirely unrealistic to expect a doubling in the next 20 years.