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As usual, these issues are blown out of proportion by the reporters, to make them sound sensational. Yes, this is an issue but not as big as it is made out to be.
I speak from my own personal experience of having driven 40k+ miles in 3 years. If not for th epandemic, it would have been over 50k+ miles.
I have nothing against electric cars or Mache. But you can't deny that:
- a fuel cell car fills up much faster (when there is fuel ). It can handily beat any cannonball record by electric cars. I've persoanlly benefitted from this a few times, though I am not really a frequent road tripper.
- There is no 'tapering' down at 80%, 90% or even 95%. It is 98%-100% as most people driving gas cars are used to.
- Many people don't have home charging (apartment people). Upgrading old home electical system can be expensive. Charging only on non-home chargers can be rather expensive and time consuming. Here in CA, even my home charging is quite expensive and every year the electric rate seems to only go up while gas has been at the same $3-$4 range for 15 years!
- Seems to me that a lot of electric car makers are already hitting battery resource constraints.
The story of mass ZEV transportation is still unfinished. If renewable hydrogen really gets very cheap and plentiful, as many experts predict, the future can look very different from now.
BTW, do check out the new stations. They are coming up with 5X the capacity of the first gen stations. Don't be fooled by just the number of stations.
I speak from my own personal experience of having driven 40k+ miles in 3 years. If not for th epandemic, it would have been over 50k+ miles.
I have nothing against electric cars or Mache. But you can't deny that:
- a fuel cell car fills up much faster (when there is fuel ). It can handily beat any cannonball record by electric cars. I've persoanlly benefitted from this a few times, though I am not really a frequent road tripper.
- There is no 'tapering' down at 80%, 90% or even 95%. It is 98%-100% as most people driving gas cars are used to.
- Many people don't have home charging (apartment people). Upgrading old home electical system can be expensive. Charging only on non-home chargers can be rather expensive and time consuming. Here in CA, even my home charging is quite expensive and every year the electric rate seems to only go up while gas has been at the same $3-$4 range for 15 years!
- Seems to me that a lot of electric car makers are already hitting battery resource constraints.
The story of mass ZEV transportation is still unfinished. If renewable hydrogen really gets very cheap and plentiful, as many experts predict, the future can look very different from now.
BTW, do check out the new stations. They are coming up with 5X the capacity of the first gen stations. Don't be fooled by just the number of stations.
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