Electric Vehicles

[Wireless1]

Point is, they are available. So buy it and set it up at home. Easy peasy.

And burn 15 gallon of diesel to charge your car

 

[jvol1]

So how exactly do they intend to supply 1500-2100kW in a residential application? For 220V service that’s 9000A per phase? In order to charge these batteries will require direct taps to high voltage service because residential 220V simply will not feed these batteries. That’s going to force a “fuel station” refilling model. And that’s a huge infrastructure power drain. A Tesla supercharger by comparison I believe is around 250kW.

If people just want an EV this helps close the gap on refueling stop times… once there is actually enough of these stations to meet need and the grid infrastructure to feed them

I'm assuming it will take longer than 5 minutes on a level 2 home charger to charge, but that doesn't matter because you're usually planning on overnight or several hours parked when you charge at home. It'll make a big difference for long distance travel when recharge time matters and not having to worry about recharging every day because of the range.

 

[jvol1]

It's why I've been leasing mine. Hope to take advantage of major improvement over time.

I think that's a good idea, but I bought mine (used). The batteries are designed to last about 10 years. I think you can do a cell for cell replacement, worst case, because the batteries are at heart the aa-esque cells like laptops, powertools,, etc. use. If they're properly modularized, you may even be able to just upgrade the batteries to the new tech if the charge controller is part of the battery module. The engine is essentially frictionless and will last for a long time. You could go for a while just replacing or upgrading the batteries. At least, that's my hope.

 

[lawgator1]

I think that's a good idea, but I bought mine (used). The batteries are designed to last about 10 years. I think you can do a cell for cell replacement, worst case, because the batteries are at heart the aa-esque cells like laptops, powertools,, etc. use. If they're properly modularized, you may even be able to just upgrade the batteries to the new tech if the charge controller is part of the battery module. The engine is essentially frictionless and will last for a long time. You could go for a while just replacing or upgrading the batteries. At least, that's my hope.

That would be ideal.One wonders whether the car manufacturers would support that or allow it