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My hot take: The range of electric cars degrades considerably at low temperatures in my experience (75% of range sometimes). There is no scenario where gas tru
by misiti3780 5y ago
My hot take:
The range of electric cars degrades considerably at low temperatures in my experience (75% of range sometimes). There is no scenario where gas trucks cars will not be utilized in Canada and the northern united states until this type of technological issue is resolved. Not to mention, the number of chargers would have to increase exponentially to support all of the electric cars coming online.
There are simply places in North America where electric cars will never probably work.
- ajross 5y ago> Not to mention, the number of chargers would have to increase exponentially to support all of the electric cars coming online. 1. Infuriating misuse of "exponentially". Charging needs scale linearly with the number of cars! 2. Come on, they're outlets. Car chargers are just a different kind of grid outlet, and they cost no more than connecting a new building. This is cheap, not expensive.
- misiti3780 5y agoOk -- I agree exponentially was the wrong adjective, but I think linearly is wrong too, because the number of EVs being produced now (mostly because of TSLA) is not keeping pace with the chargers. You notice this because lines at TSLA chargers are common on the east coast. The competing charging networks in the US suck, and if TSLA opens up their network to non-TSLAs, this will just get worse. I have no clue what it takes to construct the chargers (maybe someone here can chime in), but it isn't just "outlets" -- it presumably requires a larger-than-average power source to charge 8+ cars simultaneously at 250Kw
- mistrial9 5y agouhh, a quick check says "thirty percent less range at below 0 temps" .. secondly, nothing said "will never work"
- misiti3780 5y agoJust to be clear, I meant you get 75% of the range (25% degradation) in the winter, sorry for the confusion.