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Electric still has some major disadvantages particularly around refuel times. That’s the one major area I see, and the distribution story is better for electric
by gpapilion 6y ago
Electric still has some major disadvantages particularly around refuel times. That’s the one major area I see, and the distribution story is better for electric but also still evolving. For example the 6 chargers at the mall aren’t really enough, and scaling to a few hundred isn’t easy or viable.
- newacct583 6y ago> scaling to a few hundred isn’t easy or viable That seems wrong to me. I mean, objectively I'd expect the construction expense of a gasoline fueling station to be much higher than just running more electrical distribution lines to a major shopping area. I think you're making the mistake of comparing the "cost" of new construction to the sunk cost of existing infrastructure. Those gas stations don't last forever and the cost to disassemble and rebuild them needs to be part of your analysis.
- smegger001 6y agoIt scales faster than building out a whole new infrastructure especially since it gets to piggyback off of existing electrical distribution networks, and any one with a driveway/garage can charge there own vehicle by plugging it into the wall albeit slower than at a purpose built charger. many of those will have a personal charger though so even that will be faster. also batteries are less prone to explosive decompression in a accident than storage tanks of highly compressed explosive gas.