I don't think that's true at all. The infrastructure challenges are infinitely more difficult than charging and it's more than twice the cost of gasoline right now. That's what kills it. Electric has only really done well because it's cheaper to operate. That's a huge uphill battle to sell it to people. I'm interested in it and as I said above the closest station to me is over 900 miles away. At least battery electric has the ability to charge in the garage even if there's no stations in driving distance(I would not recommend a battery electric if this is anyone's actual situation).
Show me viable. More expensive energy costs and it actually isn't possible to drive it across the country with current or even likely the infrastructure of 5+ years from now. I would love to see it do well, but if electric isn't ready for prime time(which I don't agree with), hydrogen didn't even make it in the room to pitch the pilot just yet. All I know is I'm sick of sucking fumes of all the idiots that leave their cars running while fueling at this time of year. Makes me not want to even start my VW.
(just discussing)
We all have our thoughts on things and I respect yours but Im on the other side of the fence.
Your post is highly speculative to a degree that is too much to discuss which if we were neighbors I could discuss with anyone in a respectful manner.
1. How are infrastructure changes more difficult then charging? Charging is why the current generation of EVs will never carry more registrations than gasoline. We enjoy a higher standard of living in the USA with a vast road network. Americans will always buy convenience and I suggest it's an all out fantasy if anyone thinks a family with a few cars in it are going to rotate cars around to charge them until the day a car can be charged in the same amount of time currently that it takes to fill a gas tank with gas.
2. Second fantasy is the cost involved. To say electric is cheaper if flat out wrong, yes maybe now but let me keep this short with one example. There currently arent any EVs on the road except for a TINY percent. If that much.
Last summer California was running out of electricity, they asked EV owners to hold off charging at certain times. Well, ok, so do the math.
There are only 600,000 EV cars on the road in California out of 20,000,000 (twenty million) vehicles.
Ummmmm ... so ... what happens when there is even only 500% more EVs on the road totaling 3,000,000 out of 20,000,000? One can not honestly think major upgrades to the electric system and power plants are not going to need a HUGE influx of cash to bring the system up to date can they?
Does anyone on planet earth even think CA can support 3,000,000 EVs out of 20,000,000 vehicles today when they cant support 600,000?
So how would we even get to a 30% EV saturation rate (which would mean 6,000,000 EVs) even if people would put up with the major inconvenience of recharging.
Summary = California today doesnt even have enough power to recharge 6,000,000 million golf carts never mind EVs.
Im not picking on CA, just using it as an example since its the more progressive in its push right now.
To think you, being tied to a power plant and one electric company in your state is going to work out for you, I would call it fantasy.
3. For the life of me personally. Even with the above said, Im not sure why people with EVs bring up price anyway. I do understand the "hobby" for some and I CERTAINLY understand the fun factor involved. I LOVE stuff like this but to think mainstream America is going to put up with the inconvenience and the fantasy of cheap electricity for their local electric company whom they already love so much is just "out there"
The electric grid as a nation barely survives as it is in the summertime and somehow EVs are going to replace gasoline? No, it's never going to happen, the people will revolt if they are forced into electricity prices unseen in the history of the world to upgrade the electric infrastructure.
Then all of a sudden h2 starts to look as an easy proposition. One in which the American family can live with, instead of having extension cords running out of their homes charging 2, 3, 4, 5 cars and can only do that one at a time or never mind sitting on a mile long line on the interstate waiting your turn to charge your EV when you can drive to the Shell Station and fill up with h2 in 4 minutes.
SO now we will be in an h2 debate so lets take it further, if its not h2 than gasoline will rule until the day comes that something else is invented.
Th manufacturers know it will be h2
It certainly is not going to be rechargeable battery operated cars based on lithium, nothing better than lead acid EVs of 100 years ago.
. Interesting to see if they can prove the naysayers wrong.
) We are not as advanced as we think we are and to call lithium battery operated EVs as earth friendly is crazy to me but it is the future, for now for people who are not inconvenienced but gasoline is going no where fast until a replacement is found for it.
