When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?
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The technology will have to make sense. Many earlier posts mention similar ideas.
The infrastructure has to be there. Frankly, it is possible that EV technology will not be the technology of transportation in 10 or 20 years. Something else may replace EVs as we know them today.
If EVs were lower in price than current gas vehicles (relative to inflation and such), and the cost of operating the vehicle was convenient, cheap, and clean, then I would consider it for a main vehicle. Currently, the idea that it takes hours to recharge in order to not threaten battery life is just not practical for most people who travel a lot.
The infrastructure has to be there. Frankly, it is possible that EV technology will not be the technology of transportation in 10 or 20 years. Something else may replace EVs as we know them today.
If EVs were lower in price than current gas vehicles (relative to inflation and such), and the cost of operating the vehicle was convenient, cheap, and clean, then I would consider it for a main vehicle. Currently, the idea that it takes hours to recharge in order to not threaten battery life is just not practical for most people who travel a lot.
You know they do it when they do the oil change, unless you go to jiffy lube? The place I go, if I have to drop it off they give me a loaner.
We bought an Aviator recently. Lincoln picks it up for service and leaves a loaner until ours is returned. First class.
Aren't super chargers like 30 min charge time? And no way you can fill up and go in to the bathroom and be done in 5 minutes. Unless you're putting like 5 gallons of gas in. That time is definitely at least 10 min.
I don't spend that much time filling up at gas stations. I farm and my daily driver is a farm vehicle that I fill up at the farm. My personal vehicle is the one my wife commutes with. Her commuting with an electric vehicle would make sense, but the vehicle she has is paid for and good for another 100K miles most likely.
For longer trips, I wouldn't want to rely on a vehicle that forces me to stop for 45 minutes at a time. That's why my brother has an electric for local commuting and a gas for distance driving.
Yes, the less the better. Not as big of deal now that I drive a boring SUV but I'm still not big into it.
I start the pump, walk away, piss and come back. It's very easy to be in and out in 5 minutes.
Question for people who have full EV, how would it hold up in the winter around here without a garage? That’s a major holdup for me, along with them not making a big enough vehicle to fit my whole family (10 people) that I have seen.
Whoa wait a second, you just walk into the building while the gas is pumping? This is crazy to me.
Oh, well I don't think leaving your car while gassing up is SOP
Most electrics and hybrids use regenerative braking to recover some power, but generating power while moving at speed or accelerating just doesn't work due to physics. That would basically be infinite energy.
As far as on-board solar, a typical sedan does not have near enough surface area for photovoltaics to produce the amount of power required for continuous operation. There is a reason solar cars are basically big flat solar panels over an ultra-light weight frame.
Less than that for the 250kw Superchargers. Usually about 20 minutes for me to go from 20% to 80%+ of charge. The 150kw stations would take probably about 30 minutes to do that, but all stations being built now are 250kw.
20 minutes is perfect for getting the fam out of the car, all getting done with restroom breaks and getting snacks or lunch/dinner/whatever. Car is ready to go by the time we get back out to it.
If you're able to keep it plugged in to help keep the battery warm, even into a 110v outlet, you'd be fine for sure. Even if you can't keep it plugged in I don't really see it being a problem. I've had my EV through 5 Iowa winters now and letting it sit outside at work for 10 hours it did fine and that's essentially the same thing as not garaging it.
Thank you and I agree 100% for trucking and heavy industry. Electric for those applications seems foolish to me. If we're using hydrogen for those applications, why couldn't we use them for personal vehicles? I guess EVs just seems like a stopgap measure, and we could avoid it if we put our resources into hydrogen. Unless people get on board with nuclear I I see EVs as minimally effective.
I have my biases. I love old cars, the smell of gasoline and exhaust. I have a 1969 Chevy K10 that is one of my favorite possessions. I hate seeing the end of that era. I'll probably get an EV as soon as it makes sense for me economically, but I'm going to grumble about it.
That's kind of what I was thinking. Sure, in-town, stopping off at the gas station is usually a 5-10 min operation and we very, very rarely go inside the store. On a road trip, it's not often our stops are less than 15-20 minutes every 2-3 hours, and we don't have kids.
