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Dealing with the irrationality of people will certainly be a an issue in EV adoption. People want things they will never use, like 5 seats in a car they know is
by VBprogrammer 4y ago
Dealing with the irrationality of people will certainly be a an issue in EV adoption. People want things they will never use, like 5 seats in a car they know is a second car which will be used 99% of the time with one or two occupants. 400 mile range on a car which rarely travels 40 miles etc.
If we could trim peoples requirements to a reasonable worst case rather than a "what if" we could save a huge amount of energy and environment impact.
- fragmede 4y agoAnd so we make 5 seater EVs with 350 mile range. Even the Chevy bolt has a 260 mile range. Due to federal safety standards, I doubt we'll see mass market cars with 50 mile range for years and years, despite the lower battery requirements leading to a much smaller and lighter vehicle. A two seater a la the smart car as the family's second car for the day-to-day trips.
- verisimi 4y agoThese ranges are only the case when you get them out of the factory, in ideal conditions. In 5 years, on a cold winter's day, you will not get that range.
- bombolo 4y agoIn sweden in winter they had to suspend all the electric busses runs because they were not managing to go from one charger to the next.
- bombolo 4y ago> People want things they will never use, like 5 seats in a car If it was cheaper to buy, maintain and house a larger car and a smaller one just to save on fuel, people would do it.