cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:29 pm
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You bring up 2 very valid points... price and reliability. My company had several hybrid electric vehicles in their fleet. They were a disaster that only lasted for a couple of years until the company removed them from service. My biggest question, how do you expand electric charging stations for vehicles that will satisfy the need for 320 million Americans? How much will it cost to charge your vehicle? Where will the power come from to supply all these cars? What is the national plan to create all these charging stations? what is the life of these batteries? How do they perform in super cold weather? How much does it cost to buy a new battery? I am not sold on the idea of forcing people to buy new technology that flat out many customers don't want. It may be the way of the future i don't think ramming it down your customers throats is good business, especially at how very pricey these vehicles are.
https://www.propertymanagerinsider.com/ ... ions-cost/ to hook this up in your own house is 6 grand. That ain't chump change that does not even cover the cost of whatever the electricity is? Can you purchase a half a tank of electricity?
But your questions on price and reliability are in the process of being answered. Your company's past experience likely no longer applies.
And the expansion of charging stations is not necessarily that hard. Electricity to run them is pretty much ubiquitous, and the investment cannot be too large compared to putting in a modern gas station, with all the safety requirements.
In reality, you might also see a solution with interchangeable modular battery packs, which might be a LOT faster to change than current charge rates (the biggest current problem with charging stations). Or hybrid batteries with part fast charging and part slower charging where the fast charge part charges the slow charge part. The modular pack route allows for slower charging and maybe replacing bad cells to keep the packs at an optimum charge.
Also, the $6K cost is for a fairly sophisticated charging station. Don't need that fancy one for charging your car overnight (where the rate of charge can be much slower).
You are also basing your objections on past levels of tech, not where it will end up.