The challenge here? The honest-to-god challenge here?
Is that the barriers that other people say they have are sometimes entirely in their head.
For instance - the number of folks who think an electric car's battery pack needs to be completely charged every night is staggering.
Is that the barriers that other people say they have are sometimes entirely in their head.
For instance - the number of folks who think an electric car's battery pack needs to be completely charged every night is staggering.
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I'm trying really hard to explain that you only need that if you drive a lot!
See what I'm saying?
There has to be way more education and much more of an investment in infrastructure. Quick chargers need to be as fast as filling up at a gas station and as plentiful as gas stations. Things will change at that point.
Even if the charger isn't near food outlets, buy your food first, then go and charge, and eat your lunch...
It's change, but it's not difficult.
But what I *don't* understand is why folks lack the imagination to go "hmm. but if I can charge overnight at home, I don't need to care how fast it charges. I'm asleep. So I 'spend' no time at all doing that"
The time it would take just getting to a gas station one single time is more than years of home charging like this.
It's just "but sometimes". Imagine if EVs were the norm and companies were trying to sell ICEs to EV owners.
"Wait for better engine technologies to get the efficiency up, current cars are only 25% efficient"
"Nobody will ever buy an ICE car until they get rid of the whole annoying transmission thing"
"Needs more gas stations"
Charging at home is definitely the same sort of thing.
And my bugbear has been and will continue to be get slow chargers where people live.
Yes there are options (Drier Splitter) but even the most cookie cutter houses are unique in the best/worst ways.
We still have gas cars, next one will be EV, but it will be a while.