Not Driving His Electric Car Here

Jules

Jules

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My husband son & family are coming to visit us this weekend. He has a very high end electric car that he’s not going to drive here. Instead he’ll drive the 12 year old car we gave him a few years ago. Both of us questioned (only to each other) the wisdom of an electric car in a province that has few places to stop, let alone charge up once you leave Vancouver/Victoria. Who would want to drive X miles and then have to stop and wait for a charging station and the time to do it. Seems he’s thinking like us now.

This is a sample of the terrain and the backups when there’s a crisis on the highway.

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Electric cars might be a good choice for local driving, but I sure wouldn't want to try a long trip with one. Until charging stations are as commonplace as gas stations, AND the batteries can be recharged in just a few minutes...instead of hours, road trips with an EV are Not practical.
 

Don M. said:
Electric cars might be a good choice for local driving, but I sure wouldn't want to try a long trip with one. Until charging stations are as commonplace as gas stations, AND the batteries can be recharged in just a few minutes...instead of hours, road trips with an EV are Not practical.
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They were experimenting with swapping out batteries instead of recharging them in Israel a few years ago. I don't know if that was successful or not. Seems like a good solution until batteries can be charged faster.
 
Much to my disgust, son talked hubby into buying a used hybrid car.
Good for 28 miles on a charge,, then switches to gas.
And gas tank hold 8 gallons of gas ?

We did drive it to son's home in MI.
Had to refuel couple of times as gas mileage is good with it.

I have yet to drive it as I feel I won't be able to see good out of it.

Will have to drive it as hubby goes for eye exam in August.
 
Electric vehicles are the future. even new apartment buildings are putting in charging stations. As time goes on I would imagine they will improve on the length of time the battery will hold a charge.

Probably the higher price on gas will factor in to some buying one.
 
People in California have led the nation in EV purchases. Now, almost 1 in 5 are returning to gas powered cars, due to the hassles of charging their EV's. In order to recharge these cars adequately, overnight, a "level 2/240 volt" fixture is needed. A Tesla can be recharged in about an hour if a "level 3/480 volt" station is available. "Swapping" the batteries might be an option....at a likely high cost in time and labor.

Then, too, there are the limits of our electrical grid. If, as reported, Ford, and other car makers, are planning to go to all EV production in another decade, how will our already stressed grids support this additional huge use of electricity? Unless hundreds of billions are quickly invested in our grids, people may have a choice of either charging their cars, or having lights in their home.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ev-owners-switch-gas-power-study/
 

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