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Once newer high density batteries make it into cars and we can get 500+ mile ranges I think it will help with a lot of these concerns. When your car's range is

by obloid 3y ago

Once newer high density batteries make it into cars and we can get 500+ mile ranges I think it will help with a lot of these concerns. When your car's range is longer than most people are willing or able to drive in a single day then you can charge overnight at your destination without worrying about finding charging stations on the road.

jaclaz 3y ago
But you still need finding charging stations at your destination. This sounds a lot like an intentionally exagerated article, but the underlying issue might be real, if the (publicly available) charging stations do not increase in number according to the increase of number of EV's circulating there will be problems. On the other hand if many more charging stations are created than what is needed, there might be a waste of resources. I don't think that is an easy task to "balance" (at a state/country level) the amount of infrastructures as a function of EV's increasing adoption and - besides the numbers - deciding where exactly they are to be placed is another non trivial problem, there is the concrete risk of having many little used or unused charging stations while having queues in many others.
- ericd 3y ago
  Thick extension cable and mobile charger on a 120V outlet has been generally enough for us at eg cabins.
lm28469 3y ago
> and we can get 500+ mile ranges Huge waste when the average driver goes for < 40 miles a day The 200+ miles of range are more than enough for most people, lugging 1000%+ of the average range "just in case" is crazy, epecially given the weight of these things
- whitepoplar 3y ago
  Eh, let the customer decide what is/isn't wasteful.
  - lm28469 3y ago
    It worked so well in the past...