What would be an acceptable charge time at a fast charger for you?
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That may not be all that practical. There is talk that the future of drayage may be EV tractors using wireless charging while they wait to receive their loads. Or roads that have charging coils.
33 minutes
Any health concerns? Living near high intensity power lines is not good for your health, I'd be worried about roads with charging coils.
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My wife's hybrid regaining 500 to 600miles of range in about 5 minutes seems reasonable to me.
A lot longer than charging at home. Going to gas stations and paying all that money is a drag; I hate it.
Curious; how many miles do you drive a day? Average per week?
I’d buy an EV today if I could get the refueling time and range of the 36 gallon tank in my F150. So, roughly 10-15 minutes for a nearly 800-mile range in summer and still 600 miles in winter.
That's going to be very difficult to accomplish w/out some serious cooling strategies (ex, liquified gases) and extremely high power cabling.
How much do you drive, per day, per week, etc?
I can take 10-15 minutes using the bathroom as I surf my phone......
13 minutes.
Depends; I travel a lot for work which is mostly with National rental cars, but I’d estimate about 25-27k over the last 18 months in the F150. Long-term fuel mileage on the dash which is over 10k continuous has me at 21.6mpg, and I’d estimate avg gas price over that time at probably $2.50-2.75 (I frequently mix E85 to make an E30 blend) which has been as cheap as $1.59 with GasBuddy recently. That includes some decent towing and usually 3-4 people in the cab.
I would be happy enough if it took 5 minutes to bring a 20-25% charge up to 75-80%, assuming all of the chargers worked and there wasn't a line of cars waiting taking another 10-15 minutes to get to the charger.
As long as it takes to pump 12 gallons of gas
I think we are saying the same thing. I did mention the home charger was a conditional benefit as not everyone can avail themselves to this.
There is no ONE use case. If a use case works for someone, then by all means choose it. If not, don't.
I've ridden on trains running off of high-voltage catenaries. There are maglev trains. Linear induction motors powering roller coasters. I haven't really heard of any of these sources being a real health concern.
I want to see a battery "wear and tear" index and how each type of charging will reduce its expected lifespan and efficiency (you waste more energy if you have to cool the battery during fast charging). I want to know what people have done on each kind of charging in the lifespan when I buy a used car instead of just going by the age and miles.
Long term? Some people spend hours a day on the road, day in day out. I wonder if any studies were done on people who work on those trains.
Yeah - but I hear a lot of complaints where the individual's use case not working is the only use case that matters. To the point where they don't like it if businesses or governments subsidize EV charging because it doesn't benefit themselves.
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