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This is such a tired repeated take. More EVs == more demand for charging stations == lots of businesses and tech rising to fill the charging needs, to make mone
by dalyons 4y ago
This is such a tired repeated take. More EVs == more demand for charging stations == lots of businesses and tech rising to fill the charging needs, to make money. It will solve itself, it’s basic market forces.
- lockhouse 4y agoI think you severely underestimate the amount of financial investment that would be required if even a quarter of the current cars on the road were EVs, much of it needed in our already strained electric grids that go out during extreme heat and cold. We’re not even close to the point where EVs are a viable solution for most people. Particularly those living in rural areas.
- lostlogin 4y agoCharging at home is trivial and requires no infrastructure. It’s an improvement on going to a petrol station. Long haul trips are the tricky bit, but that’s surely not that hard to solve.
- pg938hkd 4y agoIt actually will require additional infrastructure or at least some changes to metering to encourage nightly charging instead of at like 5pm
- lostlogin 4y agoDon’t all EV cars have timers built in? My low end model does. It’s also only charging at the rate of a standard wall socket, so I’m not sure the grid cares that much.
- pg938hkd 4y agoMaybe we never set ours up. No reason to do that unless the utility changes rates based on time of use
- lostlogin 4y agoThis is very much a thing where I live in New Zealand. I’m sure that I could save money by tailoring usage better, but ‘cheaper overnight’ is about all I know about it.