I do not see electric cars working for the average person. Electric tools, yes.
I don’t see that at all.
There will never be enough chargers, and the power grid will not support them.
We have a 50% generating capacity surplus at night. Perfect time for EVs to charge. Easy money for the utility. More money 5o expect capacity.
You saw what last winter did to the chargers.
Nope didn’t see anything but idiots in Chicago who try to drive an EV like an ICE and only fill up when empty. No one had issues who used a simple EVSE at home to charge overnight. Arrive at a Supercharger with a cold depleted battery, bad things happen. Takes at about 30 minutes to warm to a charging temperature and even then it can only charge at 10% of what a 250 kW Supercharger is capable of. So many were connecting, not seeing anything happening, didn’t know what was happening, declared the charger to be broken when it wasn’t. Put it on a 10kW home 240v 50a circuit (40a at 100% duty cycle) every night and it will always be ready in the morning.
The government put so many restrictions on building charges that they haven't built a couple in two years.
”They” as in “government needs to give me things!” Tesla is building thousands without government money.
Maine builds zero because it does not have the proper DEI-type people in the state.
Transportation Secretary Butthead burdened government funding of DCFC with DEI and Woke idealism to the point only 7 have been built in 3.5 years.
One road by me has over two hundred apartments. Where will they charge their cars?
Once Upon A Time those apartments didn’t get air conditioning. Or dishwashers. Or swimming pools, weight rooms, spas, tennis courts, etc. When renters want it they vote with a moving truck, else landlord provides. There are many apartments near me offering EV charging.
If you want to see what life would be like to charge your car, sit at a gas pump for one hour every 200 miles.
More like 20-25 minutes. I have owned and driven a Tesla for 10.5 years as my daily driver.
This past week drove 205 miles one day. Spent 15 seconds unplugging that morning, 15 seconds reconnecting that night. No charging in between. Didn’t start with full battery, arrived home with 90 miles remaining. Cost $6.89 to charge. Simply awful!
Drove 150 miles another day.