If I were to get a second car, EV would definitely be on the list, but we only have one car and I just can't see having only one car and it be an EV. We are going to drive for about 8 hours two days from now, I'd hate to take the chance on not find a fast charger if we need it.
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acbytesla
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I'm not sure where you live. But chargers are located just about everywhere today you can download multiple apps for your phone that will tell you where almost all of them are. That said there definitely can be challenges.
But I get the concern. I have a close friend that owns a hair salon in Bellevue, Washington and another in Bend Oregon. He has homes in both places. It's a 6 to 8 hour drive depending on traffic.(340 miles). He used to drive a Corvette, now a Tesla. He could easily make a non-stop in the Vette. But he is now on his third Tesla. He still stops for a charge once on the drive, but now it's because he wants to, not because he has to.
Rolfe
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novaphile
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Garbage trucks are absolutely ideal for electrification.
They drive short, fixed, local, routes. (So their journey is entirely known and predictable.)
Their work is almost entirely stop start.
The stopping part is ideal for regeneration, and the starting part is ideal for the 'maximum torque at zero' of electric motors.
They drive short, fixed, local, routes. (So their journey is entirely known and predictable.)
Their work is almost entirely stop start.
The stopping part is ideal for regeneration, and the starting part is ideal for the 'maximum torque at zero' of electric motors.
Its more about when, like now when we go on a road trip, there may be plenty of chargers in Wyoming and S. Dakota, on the other hand, I know there plenty of gas stations and its below freezing.
acbytesla
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I get it.
Rolfe
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Interesting development. I've seen this reported at a smaller scale even in temperate regions.
theprestige
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Right up there with drowning a river valley to generate hydro power, stocking the new lake with fish, and clapping your hands over the new ecosystem you've created.
Roger Ramjets
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Gobi Desert
The desertification started many thousands of years ago. Now we finally have both the technology and the will to reverse it. Why shouldn't we celebrate it?
OTOH I don't see a lot of 'hand clapping' over repairing ecosystems damaged by power dams. It's seen more as a duty than something to crow about.
Flooding fertile valleys for hydro has fallen out of favor due to environmental concerns. In New Zealand for example, which is mostly powered by hydro, there are few remaining locations where new dams can be built without having unacceptable impact - which is why electricity producers are investing in wind and solar instead. Opposition from environmentalists was a big factor in this decision.
I suppose some 'greenies' may have clapped their hands over forcing Big Energy to do the right thing, but this is isn't the gotcha you imply.