3 ms·

You are a very rare customer. Most people take a break after driving for a few hours. Might as well charge the car. A fast charge speed that lets you drive a fe

You are a very rare customer. Most people take a break after driving for a few hours. Might as well charge the car. A fast charge speed that lets you drive a few hours on 30mins of charging and you don’t really need more battery capacity than that. Which is pretty much what new EVs already offer. It’s more likely that the cars will start getting lighter as the battery tech improves, a 600mile battery capacity really wouldn’t make a lot of sense for most customers.

ghusto 3y ago
> You are a very rare customer. Not in my circles he's not. Most of the people I know say pretty much the same thing, myself included. I'd be willing to put up with the inconvenience of this "fast charge" that gets me a few hours for 30 minutes of charging, but that presumes every where I stop has it. Which they absolutely would not, especially given the nature of the trips that take me that far.
- thebruce87m 3y ago
  I see lots of people making this argument. They would rather be able to complete rare long-range drives without stopping for 20 mins every 2 hours. Meanwhile during their normal use patterns they will be spending 5-10 mins a week at a petrol station paying 5x more for all their fuel when EVs charge cheaply at night. Seems like a false economy?
  - ghusto 3y ago
    Those rare long-range drives are not an exception you can ignore. Part of the reason I have a car in the first place is to have the freedom to go to random places. It's a bit like saying most of my work happens in the GUI, so I shouldn't expect to be able to use a terminal.
    - thebruce87m 3y ago
      Nobody is saying ignore them, and your analogy doesn’t really work since you can still do them. In fact, since you’re encouraged to take regular breaks on a long trip anyway the only edge cases not catered for is when you have multiple drivers and you MUST keep driving for some reason.

ghusto 3y ago

> You are a very rare customer. Not in my circles he's not. Most of the people I know say pretty much the same thing, myself included. I'd be willing to put up with the inconvenience of this "fast charge" that gets me a few hours for 30 minutes of charging, but that presumes every where I stop has it. Which they absolutely would not, especially given the nature of the trips that take me that far.

thebruce87m 3y ago
I see lots of people making this argument. They would rather be able to complete rare long-range drives without stopping for 20 mins every 2 hours. Meanwhile during their normal use patterns they will be spending 5-10 mins a week at a petrol station paying 5x more for all their fuel when EVs charge cheaply at night. Seems like a false economy?
- ghusto 3y ago
  Those rare long-range drives are not an exception you can ignore. Part of the reason I have a car in the first place is to have the freedom to go to random places. It's a bit like saying most of my work happens in the GUI, so I shouldn't expect to be able to use a terminal.
  - thebruce87m 3y ago
    Nobody is saying ignore them, and your analogy doesn’t really work since you can still do them. In fact, since you’re encouraged to take regular breaks on a long trip anyway the only edge cases not catered for is when you have multiple drivers and you MUST keep driving for some reason.