> > Tesla may crush them all I don't know, but super fast charging <15 mins will be needed to kill gas.
Tesla Model 3 gets 100 miles of range in 15 minutes. Yes, total battery is 300 miles range, but that 20-50% starting SoC charge, before the battery heats up too much, is golden, it can take 120,000 watts for 15-20 minutes. To cover distance, a supercharge every 100 miles is the best strategy.
> > Even as it is, I see time advantages to my Tesla because it never needs to stop at a gas station ever-and the only times I have ever charged on the road is when I had other things to do for the time being charged.
I did 800 miles each way, SF to Mojave to Mesa, stopped multiple times, and all were pleasant, restaurant, gift shop, espresso bar, all with restrooms, very civilized. Well, there was that one Carls Jr outside Phoenix that one time...
> > I normally only charge at home. How many people have a gas station at their house? Even as it is, EVs can save time compared to ICE vehicles.
That's you, but a lot of people don't have garages.
> People don't have a gas station at thieir house but many don't have garages or power outlets where they park their vehicles either.
That's me. I can charge my Zero at home, but the Tesla has to charge elsewhere, or I'm blocking the neighbors.
> The current target market for EVs, inner city commuters, don't have those luxuries and would need to charge somewhere.
> This is why there is a race to put replaceable battery "stations" around cities so you can just swap batteries at a street corner or take them in your apartment and charge them. I think that format will help adoption quicker than the current pace of plug stations. It won't work, yet, for high powered juice machines but if more people adopt EV of some sort, more infrastructure will come and the more comfortable people will be with purchasing EVs. Than it will b better for everyone.
I doubt this will come to much. A scooter or electric-bike battery can carried into an apartment, but e-motorcycle and e-car batteries are too big to take up stairs or elevator. People won't stand for the exertion, and the batteries won't handle the wear and tear well. 2C or 3C charging, close to shopping and food court and coffee and restrooms, is plenty good enough.
Other carmakers should follow Tesla's lead, and optimize cars and charging to do road trips well. As long as they see them as compliance or "city car" vehicles, they fall further behind. Tesla shows it can be done, and the other carmakers will have to adjust or die.
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