Decided to rent an EV for the weekend. It only had a 200 mile range. At about 100 miles left, I decided to try and recharge the EV, only to find that the charger wasn't working. The second charger was being used by someone else. After driving to a second location, that charger was also not working. The next charger was, but was also being used, so I had to wait 30 minutes for that person to leave. When I plugged it in, it said it will take over an hour to charge (so now I've wasted 2 hours total). It cost $11 to charge 90 miles, so there wasn't that much of savings between electric and gas. Unless you have a lot of time to waste, recharging EVs arent worth it.
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The school of hard knocks is overflowing with students.
I work in electrical design that supplies all OEMS, that if I named the company everyone would know as a preferred supplier. Like most companies, they all went all on in EV, only to finally find out that it's not feasible in it's current state. The infrastructure isn't there, among a whole host of other issues.
Having vision works both ways. The ability to see down the road, as well as the vision to avoid the immoveable objects that stand in the path. Corporations don't recognize the immoveable objects, and in their grand scheme, bet the farm on electrification.
Now is the time to pay the piper on the calls that some of use knew were wrong to begin with.
The proper way to roll with an EV is to carry your own gas generator in the trunk. Make the your own hybrid!
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EV's are the best solution for mobility needs in the near future if not now. Tesla sales prove this. We just need to expand our BEV offerings and accelerate the development of features and services that accompany them, which improve the attraction to going electric.
I also rented an EV. I felt insulted driving and charging it! And that's nothin' but pure and simple old-fashioned communism.
Look at the unfortunate people that were driving EVs and evacuating from the hurricanes. Most had to abandone their cars.
I had the same experience with renting an EV, I returned the vehicle after 2 days of headache, wasted so many hours looking for a working charger, wasted my $$$. US EV infrastructure isn't there. What the government telling you is all lies.
EV charging station are put in just to say that the US have installed 34,000 chargers. 1/2 of them don't work. The chargers that actually works are from Tesla.
I know what's wrong with it, ain't got no gas in it!
An EV fire is unmanageable very quickly. Up to 50,000 gallons of water to put it out. If your car ignites out of reach of a fire hydrant, that's 50 fire trucks worth of water.
Thieves target charger cables. Easy copper scrap. D-mb
You save on charging when you charge at home (yes, some people can't do that). I agree that public chargers aren't a money saver.
I've limited my public high-speed charging to maybe 5 times over 3 years, and had experiences that ranged from super easy to infuriating.
EVs are a bad joke. Your experience with the chargers is the crux of the problem. Other issues include the high initial cost, limited range and the potential that it could burn your house down if there is a battery issue. (Looking at you Chevy Bolt)