I seem to recall Toyota had a sizable stake in Tesla stock for a while (maybe learned a few things?). And now Toyota has a new joint venture with Panasonic to create Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc., A new firm focused on battery technology.
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I don't understand how the infrastructure for EV will work on a large scale. At a gas station you pull in, fill up in 5 minutes and go. A EV takes at least 20 minutes. Which I have a tough time believing people will put up with that length of time. Anyway I imagine you would need to convert all gas stations to EV charging stations. Then u would need to increase the amount of stations overall several times the amount currently to offset the longer times a EV will take to charge. In areas that have fairly cold winters you would need even more stations than that since cold weather greatly reduces battery life. I imagine electric utility companies will have to increase their capacity a great deal as well.
I don't understand how the infrastructure for EV will work on a large scale. At a gas station you pull in, fill up in 5 minutes and go. A EV takes at least 20 minutes. Which I have a tough time believing people will put up with that length of time. Anyway I imagine you would need to convert all gas stations to EV charging stations. Then u would need to increase the amount of stations overall several times the amount currently to offset the longer times a EV will take to charge. In areas that have fairly cold winters you would need even more stations than that since cold weather greatly reduces battery life. I imagine electric utility companies will have to increase their capacity a great deal as well.
I don't understand how the infrastructure for EV will work on a large scale. At a gas station you pull in, fill up in 5 minutes and go. A EV takes at least 20 minutes. Which I have a tough time believing people will put up with that length of time. Anyway I imagine you would need to convert all gas stations to EV charging stations. Then u would need to increase the amount of stations overall several times the amount currently to offset the longer times a EV will take to charge. In areas that have fairly cold winters you would need even more stations than that since cold weather greatly reduces battery life. I imagine electric utility companies will have to increase their capacity a great deal as well.
I don't understand how the infrastructure for EV will work on a large scale. At a gas station you pull in, fill up in 5 minutes and go. A EV takes at least 20 minutes. Which I have a tough time believing people will put up with that length of time. Anyway I imagine you would need to convert all gas stations to EV charging stations. Then u would need to increase the amount of stations overall several times the amount currently to offset the longer times a EV will take to charge. In areas that have fairly cold winters you would need even more stations than that since cold weather greatly reduces battery life. I imagine electric utility companies will have to increase their capacity a great deal as well.
I don’t know anyone that wants to buy a pig that gets 15 mpg.
I mean I get how people with garages or driveways could charge at home. But in the city I live in the majority of people park on the street since they live in condos/apartments. Most the people I work with commute a significant distance since the cost of living in the area of my workplace is significant. So charging would have to be done at a station somewhere unless u line each city block with like 100 chargers. When I lived in New York, thousands and thousands of people would drive one way 100 miles or more to commute to NYC with lots of stop and go. And it's pretty cold winters which would kill a electric cars range. I question if a electric car could make it. In addition the gas stations in these areas are packed. It's great you have no problem relaxing for 20 minutes to charge. But I question if today's mass of driving society will deal with that.It's already here..in pockets.
I just got back from a 500 mile road trip. I negotiate with my wife to take her Model 3 (to her dismay as she loves the thing) as it's my preferred vehicle for long distance travel when not having to haul the whole family. As comfortable and luxurious as the LX is, the Tesla is just stupendously good as a trip / GT car. Efficient and effortless. Technology laden with driving aids to navigate LA traffic, it's just brilliant.
Charging is no different than getting gas. More relaxing really as there's often shopping centers, refreshments, or I can just lounge and rest in the car. The latest chargers are blazingly fast, peaking at 1,000 mile replenished / hr. Most installations aren't the latest V3 superchargers yet but are still plenty fast. Most charging on the road if I have to at all is 10-20 minutes, just enough time to grab a refreshment and relax a bit.
The majority of charging is done at home anyways as others have pointed out. Scaling will be done over the existing electrical infrastructure and its unused capacity outside of peak hours.
I'm keenly watching the 300-series as it will have to win its place in my garage. Never thought I'd say that, especially as I never thought I'd lean more towards the much unknown cybertruck. The performance, efficiency, and capacities are really speaking to me. Including the unique bed design with its car camping possibilities.
I’ve had a Tesla for almost 6 years. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve not charged at home. Imagine you woke up every day with a full tank, how often would you need to fill upI don't understand how the infrastructure for EV will work on a large scale. At a gas station you pull in, fill up in 5 minutes and go. A EV takes at least 20 minutes. Which I have a tough time believing people will put up with that length of time. Anyway I imagine you would need to convert all gas stations to EV charging stations. Then u would need to increase the amount of stations overall several times the amount currently to offset the longer times a EV will take to charge. In areas that have fairly cold winters you would need even more stations than that since cold weather greatly reduces battery life. I imagine electric utility companies will have to increase their capacity a great deal as well.
I'd love to get 15mpgI don’t know anyone that wants to buy a pig that gets 15 mpg. Evolution.....
It's already here..in pockets.
I just got back from a 500 mile road trip. I negotiate with my wife to take her Model 3 (to her dismay as she loves the thing) as it's my preferred vehicle for long distance travel when not having to haul the whole family. As comfortable and luxurious as the LX is, the Tesla is just stupendously good as a trip / GT car. Efficient and effortless. Technology laden with driving aids to navigate LA traffic, it's just brilliant.
Charging is no different than getting gas. More relaxing really as there's often shopping centers, refreshments, or I can just lounge and rest in the car. The latest chargers are blazingly fast, peaking at 1,000 mile replenished / hr. Most installations aren't the latest V3 superchargers yet but are still plenty fast. Most charging on the road if I have to at all is 10-20 minutes, just enough time to grab a refreshment and relax a bit.
The majority of charging is done at home anyways as others have pointed out. Scaling will be done over the existing electrical infrastructure and its unused capacity outside of peak hours.
I'm keenly watching the 300-series as it will have to win its place in my garage. Never thought I'd say that, especially as I never thought I'd lean more towards the much unknown cybertruck. The performance, efficiency, and capacities are really speaking to me. Including the unique bed design with its car camping possibilities.
I think it’s hilarious that the gear junkie that had to have an extra gas tank so he didn’t have to stop so often doesn’t mind waiting to charge his a Tesla. Both you and Cole have forced me to re-consider my opinion of EV’s but I am laughing at how we justify our decisions.It's already here..in pockets.
I just got back from a 500 mile road trip. I negotiate with my wife to take her Model 3 (to her dismay as she loves the thing) as it's my preferred vehicle for long distance travel when not having to haul the whole family. As comfortable and luxurious as the LX is, the Tesla is just stupendously good as a trip / GT car. Efficient and effortless. Technology laden with driving aids to navigate LA traffic, it's just brilliant.
Charging is no different than getting gas. More relaxing really as there's often shopping centers, refreshments, or I can just lounge and rest in the car. The latest chargers are blazingly fast, peaking at 1,000 mile replenished / hr. Most installations aren't the latest V3 superchargers yet but are still plenty fast. Most charging on the road if I have to at all is 10-20 minutes, just enough time to grab a refreshment and relax a bit.
The majority of charging is done at home anyways as others have pointed out. Scaling will be done over the existing electrical infrastructure and its unused capacity outside of peak hours.
I'm keenly watching the 300-series as it will have to win its place in my garage. Never thought I'd say that, especially as I never thought I'd lean more towards the much unknown cybertruck. The performance, efficiency, and capacities are really speaking to me. Including the unique bed design with its car camping possibilities.
I think it’s hilarious that the gear junkie that had to have an extra gas tank so he didn’t have to stop so often doesn’t mind waiting to charge his a Tesla. Both you and Cole have forced me to re-consider my opinion of EV’s but I am laughing at how we justify our decisions.
I have seen a few articles that make a very good case for hybrids and I can see them in the off road future.
I’d love an EV. A number of my colleagues have Teslas and charge them in the parkade at work. I work for a large electric infrastructure construction company so it seems reasonable to support EVs even in an oil and gas driven local economy. The trouble is that we have no reliable, low carbon way of producing the electricity so an EV is pretty much coal powered around here. A diesel rig is greener than an EV and might be cheaper to run if taxes and subsidies were out of the equation. I’m looking forward to a world where we can store electricity more efficiently and where wind and solar and tidal and and thermal and nuclear could power the grids.
Biodiesel from algae would tick off a lot of boxes for me though. Toyota’s 1VD-FTV seems lovely.
As long as start stop can be turned off, I’m fine with it.Please don't add start/stop technology.