Ask someone who drives a gasoline-powered car why they wouldn't want to get an electric one, and you're almost certain to hear this answer: they take way too...
People tend to imagine owning an electric vehicle and doing exactly the same things with it that they do with a gas car, so a 5 minute charge on the way to work every week or two. But that’s not what you actually do.
You can tell people about home charging and that you haven’t been to a charging station in six months, but they won’t really get it until they drive an EV themselves. You only fast charge on long trips, and by the time your car needs charged you need a break and a coffee. My car charges pretty slowly and it’s still ready to go before I am.
Even electric trucks do okay on 350 kW charging - driving time rules mean that if you plug in when you take a break, the truck won’t run out of miles before the driver runs out of hours.
The big charging number gets the attention, but installing more chargers in more places is really what’s needed. And 50 kW chargers for charging trucks overnight.
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People tend to imagine owning an electric vehicle and doing exactly the same things with it that they do with a gas car, so a 5 minute charge on the way to work every week or two. But that’s not what you actually do.
You can tell people about home charging and that you haven’t been to a charging station in six months, but they won’t really get it until they drive an EV themselves. You only fast charge on long trips, and by the time your car needs charged you need a break and a coffee. My car charges pretty slowly and it’s still ready to go before I am.
Even electric trucks do okay on 350 kW charging - driving time rules mean that if you plug in when you take a break, the truck won’t run out of miles before the driver runs out of hours.
The big charging number gets the attention, but installing more chargers in more places is really what’s needed. And 50 kW chargers for charging trucks overnight.