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BEVs will never take over in North America. There are too many people spread out or living in places with no hope of charging infrastructure. People are going t
by kevin_thibedeau 2y ago
BEVs will never take over in North America. There are too many people spread out or living in places with no hope of charging infrastructure. People are going to balk when they find out they can only charge from a 20A circuit if even that is available.
- jjtheblunt 2y agowho/what can only charge from a 20A circuit?
- cyberax 2y agoLol.
- philistine 2y agoSo North America is limited to its large places? New York isn’t in North America. The last mile problem doesn’t negate the fact that for 85% of people an electric vehicle is possible in five years.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoNew York is mostly a semi-rural state where long distance travel in a BEV is a problem. One city where most residents don't drive doesn't mean anything.
- philistine 2y agoOne city ? One city !? Electrification will happen for the vast majority of people. Of course, a small minority won’t be able to make the switch right away and will have to hang on to gas. That’s fine! Even to this day, 98% of houses have refrigerators. According to your logic, we shouldn’t allow businesses to sell refrigerated milk because of this 2%.
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoThey never said it shouldn’t be allowed.
- erik_seaberg 2y agoThat's because apartments and houses have indoor power, which took a while. Neighborhood streets still don't have outdoor power at every curb.
- fennecbutt 2y agoThis just in, houses in the world's greatest country don't have electricity. Really?
- mazugrin2 2y ago"Never" is a really long time. It would take a severe lack of vision to not be able to imagine that the following will -never- improve: charging infrastructure, charging technology (specifically, charging time), and BEV range