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Old 04-19-2021, 11:04 AM   #62 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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I think a lot of the controversy from a practical and economical standpoint is the assumption that suddenly you won't be able to drive your ICEV and the other is that there is a lack of charging infrastructure.

Although I often dream of getting a different vehicle, it would be best to just keep the cars I have for as long as possible. That could be another 10 or 20 years or more. There's no reason I can't do that that I know of. And in 10 or 20 years there'll still be plenty of used ICEV's to buy if I decide to go that route.

But there's also a chance there'll be much more charging infrastructure. So an EV may seem like a practical option by that time.

Getting back on topic...
To me it makes sense to make EV's that are super efficient built around the Aptera concept. If most outlets in the USA can only put out 1.4KWh per hour then we need family vehicles that can make around 10 hours of nightly charging, or 14kWh of electricity, a viable option. The Tesla Model 3 charges up some 35 miles in that amount of time IIRC. If we could triple that efficiency then a 100 miles could be obtained from a standard outlet overnight.

If you can charge up 100 miles from a standard outlet overnight, then the charging infrastructure problem just suddenly got better. For most people there wouldn't be a need to install an expensive level 2 EVSE "charger" on their home. You could just use the normal outlet that's already there, or have one installed for much less money. Apartment dwellers would have a much easier time installing a standard outlet than a 20 or 30 AMP 240V line to an expensive Electric Vehicle Service Equipment that doesn't come with the car and will be much more limited by the cord length.
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