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This is a good strategy for the pre-EV era but in the EV era 'vehicles' can and will be much smaller than what most people think of as a car today. This is bec
by entropicgravity 3y ago
This is a good strategy for the pre-EV era but in the EV era 'vehicles' can and will be much smaller than what most people think of as a car today. This is because EV technology scales much better than ICE vehicles for cities. A small ICE car is still heavy and cumbersome and polluting primarily because of require pollution controls. Small EV's have none of that so they can be much lighter and smaller than similar ICE implementations.
In particular, EV's that are less than half a standard lane width wide would allow the grid capacity to double overnight at almost no extra cost. This will happen first in the busy city cores where the usual single occupancy gas vehicle will be dissallowed (already happening in a few cities in China and Europe). So basically this is a cross between and bicycle and a the current regular ICE cars.
But wait, there's more. Because EV's are non-polluting city core roads can be covered in poor weather and parking can be almost anywhere. This won't be your father's city core.
- GaryNumanVevo 3y agoParking is still a huge issue, even for small EV cars. Micromobility modes like bikes (EV / non-EV), scooters, EUCs, etc. are more space efficient. Also charging these vehicles is easier than a micro car. However, I could definitely see a city core where all personal car traffic is banned and commercial truck traffic is only allowed if it's EV and under a certain tonnage.
- c-cube 3y agoWhat you're describing is literally called e-bike, bike lanes, and bike racks. It's known technology and it's just not cars. (apparently there are tiny electric cars for handicapped people, in use in the Netherlands, with rights to access bike lanes and such with a permit)