Electric cars have a road trip problem, even for the secretary of energy.
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But it’s the single-image stereotyping that is the problem.
If chief Osceola came out one game like he does now, then the next game dresses like a banker, then the next as a construction worker, then the next as a doctor, that would be fine.
It is the single-image portrayal that is the problem.
The infrastructure seems like the most significant problem EVs face, so vehicles similar to the new Lexus plug-in hybrids would seem a better bridge than a straight conversion to EV.
An owner could charge their EV at home for local trips but then have the security of gas usage for longer road trips. This type ofconversion would allow those who want to capitalize on building charging stations ( Florida Power and Light is pushing in Florida) more time to accommodate the transition to EVs.
as to the story, the idiot staffer who blocked a charger with their vehicle should be fired. If the Secretary has to wait, that could be spun as a positive for faster charging station expansion, the block of a charger turns the story into a negative
An owner could charge their EV at home for local trips but then have the security of gas usage for longer road trips. This type ofconversion would allow those who want to capitalize on building charging stations ( Florida Power and Light is pushing in Florida) more time to accommodate the transition to EVs.
as to the story, the idiot staffer who blocked a charger with their vehicle should be fired. If the Secretary has to wait, that could be spun as a positive for faster charging station expansion, the block of a charger turns the story into a negative
All sorts of new technologies and industries are subsidized. Sorry for your butthurt.
Look at all the subsidizes the fossil fuel industry STILL receive
At least 20 BILLION dollars every year
SEN. WHITEHOUSE ON FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES: “WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THE DANGER” | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
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Lots of info on the google machine. I'll just drop this one where Biden is targeting these subsidies in his budget and it has little chance of success due to the GOP. Can we ass-u-me that you support Biden in this endeavor since you were skeptical they even existed?
Biden budget to target U.S. fossil fuel subsidies
U.S. President Joe Biden will propose a budget that would scrap oil and gas industry subsidies, according to a document seen by Reuters, reviving a perennial debate about whether fossil fuel companies should be receiving lucrative tax breaks.
Impractical
We already have that tech; it's called "trains"
What IS practical, is developing inductive charging in parking ramps and parking spaces, and making compatible systems in EVs so they will charge anytime you're parked in one of those spaces.
The only gas stations that would realistically survive is the ones on the interstate where travelers will fuel up.
Your local gas stations would go out of business because people are not going to pay to charge at the gas station when they can charge at home.
So most gas stations are going to go under.
Gas is not the profit center at the station. It is ciggies, lottery tix, condoms, drinks, etc..
They stopped being just a gas station decades ago.
K but will people still go there if they don't have to get gas?
I mean if they will then great. I'm not rooting for them to go out of business that would put a lot of employees out of work. I'm just concerned that without people going there for gas, they wouldn't be able to keep their doors open.
Hopefully I'm wrong.
Most people don't live in single-family homes with garages where they can recharge every day.
Those folks, who rent or live in multi-unit complexes, will need to charge at "charging stations". Existing gas stations can likely accommodate 10-20, or more, charging vehicles on their present footprints. They can even build in solar panels for shading the area and recharging their own batteries to recharge cars. In fact, the underground tanks that used to hold fuel can be dug up and turned in to local battery storage.
Is any of that happening "overnight"? No
But that's where things will eventually be headed.
Those are remarks from a Democrat Senator. That's not factual. The so-called subsidies are not payments for producing fossil fuels, they are accelerated depreciation and amortization. Related actual subsidies are for ethanol, not fossil fuels.At least 20 BILLION dollars every year
SEN. WHITEHOUSE ON FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES: “WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THE DANGER” | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budgetwww.budget.senate.gov
Change is the only real constant. When the full service gas stations with a mechanic on duty converted or closed, I was kinda bummed. When the gas only places converted or mostly closed, I could see why. Making a penny or two per gallon is tough.
The concern about how and where EVs charge will get worked out. Honestly, it mostly seems much ado about a new tech that will work out the kinks.
It a’int gonna just suddenly happen there will be trial and error
No it won't happen over night it will be a 10 to 20 year process if not longer as electronic vehicles become more popular our economy will have to adapt.
But I will say it does make me slightly concerned because so much of our economy right now is tied up to ICE vehicles. Mechanics, car parts manufacturers of all sorts, the oil industry all along the supply chain. All that's threatened.
It won’t take ten years. It is already well underway.
The speed of change will blow us all away.
They'd make much more money on recharging EVs than they do on gas fills.
And since the equivalent "$ per gallon" for electricity is around $0.20-.30, tacking on several dollars for being able to use the charging infrastructure will be easily accepted by people vs home charging rates.
