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Not sure it's 7x houses, but it's big enough to make me wonder how states like Texas are going to keep up over the next 5-10 years, with its absurdly low popula
by raydev 4y ago
Not sure it's 7x houses, but it's big enough to make me wonder how states like Texas are going to keep up over the next 5-10 years, with its absurdly low population density and love affair with trucks.
Texas struggles to get electricity to citizens in recent summers. How will it handle the coming electric vehicle wave?
- yurishimo 4y agoRural people in Texas won't be buying electric trucks in 5 years. Maybe 10, but I doubt it. Until the electric equivalent of a fast charging gas station comes online in every small town, I doubt we'll see mass adoption in rural areas. My relatives in rural Texas can easily drive 100+ miles a day just to go to work and the store/errands. If they needed to take a trailer that day, they would likely reach the limit of electric range. My guess, wealthier rural families will probably get the ball rolling by purchasing electric cars for commuting and keeping the big diesel truck for weekend toy hauling/livestock/etc. This will incentivize some infrastructure in rural communities until city adoption reaches peak levels and we start to see infrastructure spread out from cities to support road trips and road warrior business commuting.