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Posted on 5/1/23 at 5:38 pm to Midget Death Squad
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Many of you act as if it's all or nothing with the automobile world. There is a place for ICE engines as well as electric motors.
I mean
The US government itself acts like it's all or nothing.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 5:40 pm to rickgrimes
Is it free? Because people act like it's free. I never hear how much it costs for a full charge except time-wise.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 5:48 pm to rickgrimes
How many gas stations are there?
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:04 pm to rickgrimes
He didn’t ask price per kilowatt. How much does it typically cost? Simple question.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:17 pm to Midget Death Squad
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There is a place for ICE engines as well as electric motors.
I agree. That is why I think a Hybrid with an electric drive only system is the route to go with a minimum 200 mile range.
You can plug in at any supercharger or at home for short trips, but on long trips a gas generator kicks in to charge your battery providing charging capacity to charge the battery and power the car down the road.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:19 pm to rickgrimes
We rented 1 the other weekend from Baton Rouge to Beaumont. Biggest PITA vehicle ever and highly inconvenient. Would not recommend
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:20 pm to Arbengal
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He didn’t ask price per kilowatt. How much does it typically cost? Simple question.
It will depend on where you are charging at.
I rented an EV on recent trip. The price was 38 cents a kilowatt. I was using 440 volt, 92 Amp charger. It took 45 minutes to go from 38% to 90%. The price was about 22 dollars if I recall.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:24 pm to wallowinit
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Is it free? Because people act like it's free. I never hear how much it costs for a full charge except time-wise.
Depends on when you bought and what model:
LINK
FWIW this is no different than BMW including 3 years of free charging with their i7’s for those who pre-ordered.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:29 pm to Cosmo
quote:Only on road trips, more like 10-15 minutes, and it's stops I'll have to make anyway with a wife and young kids.
Still have to sit around for 20-30 minutes not even to fully charge
No thanks
Also, you spend more time every year going get gas than I do charging but that's never factored in for some reason.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:38 pm to rickgrimes
14 whole superchargers in Louisiana? Can't wait for every vehicle in the state to try to charge at 14 stations.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:44 pm to Enadious
quote:Don't have to go to gas stations, that's a huge plus. They drive much better. The tech in the car is better. 1 pedal driving. I have 1 of each, and the EV is better and it's not close for daily driving.
What makes it nicer than an ICE for the same?
quote:Some are, some aren't.
ICEs are cheaper.
quote:Mine is cheaper with the EV the the ICE vehicle.
So is the insurance
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:50 pm to Midget Death Squad
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Why can't it be both? Many of you act as if it's all or nothing with the automobile world. There is a place for ICE engines as well as electric motors.
This times a thousand.
What the anti-EV people (and I count myself still at least partially in that camp) fail to account for is that there are issues associated with EV's that are an absolute certainty to change.
-Cost per unit of everything associated with EV's will go down with increased demand/production. This applies to the car, charger, battery, and maintenance. This is simple economics.
-Cost per mile to operate will go down with increased demand/production. Again, simple economics. Increased unit production will drive a massive increase in technology. In as little as five years, both range and charge time will be drastically different. It is not a stretch to say the AVERAGE mid-sized EV's will have an average range of 500 miles and average charge times of under 10 minutes in as little as 3-5 years. This will drive the technology in heavier, larger vehicles as well. An electric F-250 with the same towing capacity, 500 mile range, 10 minute charge time, 20% lighter, and 1/3 the "fuel" cost? On the market in 10 years? Throw in LED truck nuts and there is a line from Geismar to Plaquemine. And yes, that is not out of the realm of expectations.
-An increased demand on the grid is a good thing. This one is more of a historical based opinion. While its desperately needed, the electrical grid gets no monetary love currently because it basically works well enough not to require it. There is no denying, EV usage will highlight those needs, and the grid infrastructure will have forced (governmental) expansion, which will result in R&D of better technology and ultimately be made stronger. It happened with the railroads, it happened with the Interstate system, it happened with the airline industry, and it will happen with the electrical grid. When that does happen, the cost per KWH SHOULD go down. Once government regulations are eased (like in the previous benchmarks in transportation were) it definitely will. I wouldn't bank on it being done quickly, but it will happen. The downside of this of course is a huge increase in government spending to make it all happen.
I wouldn't dream of having all three of our family vehicles be EV's. But one of them probably should and likely will be. It wont be the big arse SUV. Yet.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:51 pm to The Boat
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14 whole superchargers in Louisiana? Can't wait for every vehicle in the state to try to charge at 14 stations.
Yes, because they won't build anymore.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:52 pm to zeto
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Yes, because they won't build anymore.
They’ll get a bunch more with that Bucees.
But after that they’ll have to fight Mississippi to see who can be dead last at it.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 7:05 pm to dukeg7213
quote:What type of issues did you have?
We rented 1 the other weekend from Baton Rouge to Beaumont. Biggest PITA vehicle ever and highly inconvenient. Would not recommend
Or probably better question, was it a Tesla?
Pretty sure you'd have super chargers in both BR Beaumont as well as one around the midpoint so not sure what would have been a huge PITA, unless it was something other than a Tesla where charging could be a bigger issue.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 7:06 pm to The Boat
quote:I wonder if they'd add more charging stations if millions more EVs were added
14 whole superchargers in Louisiana? Can't wait for every vehicle in the state to try to charge at 14 stations.
But you did say Louisiana, so maybe you have a point.
This post was edited on 5/1/23 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 5/1/23 at 7:27 pm to shel311
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Pretty sure you'd have super chargers in both BR Beaumont as well as one around the midpoint so not sure what would have been a huge PITA, unless it was something other than a Tesla where charging could be a bigger issue.
I know for a fact there are chargers in:
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Iowa, LA
Beaumont
Posted on 5/1/23 at 7:39 pm to Korkstand
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A lot of folks will scoff at this idea but it is already in the works by several companies with proof of concept pilot programs running. And IMO it should be coupled with crypto payments for anonymity.
It’s the bridge to nowhere concept. The amount of infrastructure upgrades and maintenance long term are why the same concept surrounding driverless tech has cooled. Not many are against EV and the long term upgrades needed but the current timeline desired is impossible… we need a true 100 year plan broken into 25 year progress benchmarks.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 8:10 pm to Basura Blanco
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What the anti-EV people (and I count myself still at least partially in that camp) fail to account for is that there are issues associated with EV's that are an absolute certainty to change.
and someone else IGNORES what the government is pushing
You also don't mention how 250 MILLION EVs are going to work.
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