I know what you’re trying to say but 90% of my charging I do at home while sleeping and that can’t be done on an ice car so that a huge advancement. Also no fumes while warming the cabin in winter.
I agree we need major advances in neighbourhood overnight charging so renters and/or people in multifamily dwelling can fairly participate in this revolution. Curbside L2s (even lower powered L2s, focused on a 10hr overnight charge) *should* be feasible to roll out neighborhood wide (eg one per block) at a reasonable cost, but the world (and most of you here) are so focused on unpleasant noisy highway-adjacent DCFCs that we aren’t focusing on neighbourhood chargers for those not lucky enough to own a house with a garage or driveway.
Why would I choose a stop that isn't just off the interstate as gas stations are located? Drove 800+ miles in one day without a real difference from when taking my old hybrid SUV.
Depends on what’s available on your route.
I can't argue with that, the ability to charge at home is one of the best features of an EV.
The other factor is copper theft and vandalism. The more unsupervised / unpatrolled charging stations, the more reliability issues and higher costs to maintain. There's no easy solution(s) because humans. (Almost) Everything American society has built in the last century for transport revolves around personal transport powered by fossil fuels. I'm starting to wonder if solar panels on the roof, hood, trunk lid of cars is the way out. Current solar cell tech isn't anywhere efficient enough to do anything more than power the non drivetrain systems in current EVs, so we're several iterations away from that even being an option. But that could largely eliminate some of the home or fast charging station need.
The new NACS standard allows bring-your-own-cable for Level 2 charging. Then, there isn't a cable lying around not being used waiting for theft. The cable is only out when it's being used. Bring-your-own-cable also makes neighbourhood L2 chargers much less visually intrusive — they could be integrated into existing streetlight poles, for example. But, it's going to take some concerted effort to role out enough cable-less L2 chargers in a few neighbourhoods to make it worthwhile for people in those neighbourhoods to buy their own NACS cable. I suspect we're talking a decade or more before bring-your-own-cable for L2 is common in North America. (It's already common in Europe.)
... it says that '26 will be a step backwards in the US for EV adoption, but adoption rates will increase again in '27 and beyond. The rest of the world will continue EV adoption unabated. Look at what happened with EV adoption in Germany when the tax incentives were removed. in one year, EV share dropped from ~20% to ~12%. A year later with no incentives EV market share has topped 30%. The EV sky is not falling.
Solar is actually fairly efficient compared to other tech.
I mentioned this in a recent previous post, and it's (too) expensive to roll out to suburbs and cities with on street parking. The charge stations could invest in it, and maybe they will if the bring your own cable thing doesn't catch. But with margins already thin operating these stations, and the infusion of cash for reinvesting in upgrades vanishing, I don't see any major innovations in this space anytime soon. What we see if what we get for the foreseeable future. The car makers also need to get behind wireless charging, implementing it in future models. It just seems like money that doesn't exist is needed for any of this.Induction charging . Copper theft problem solved
