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0 pointsmarvin5y ago0 comments

This line of reasoning is incorrect. Unlike fossil refuelling, the vast majority of EV charging happens at home. This charging does not load public charging stations at all. Unless your needs are esoteric, you might only charge at a public charging station one out of twenty times.

Of course some homes don't have private charging easily available, but that's a different argument.

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uncledave5y ago

Very few homes have anywhere to charge anything in London as an example. I don’t think the model works without knocking cities down and starting again.

The two people I know with Teslas have to charge at the local supercharger or park it a quarter of a mile away at the nearest slow charger which becomes a chore.

albertgoeswoof5y ago

Stick a couple of plug sockets in every lamppost in London, add fast charging bays at the end of every road and you’re done.

sandworm1015y ago

Not what i was talking about. I was speaking about replacing gas stations with charging stations, how the problem is not going to be solved by swapping one for another. I made no mention of other non-station charging options.

marvinOP5y ago

Well, my point was that public charging demand per EV will be much lower than fuelling demand per fossil car, which obviously affects the number of minutes per week each vehicle has to spend at the gas station/recharging station, and hence the feasibility of gas station owners to install charging infrastructure.

I’m sure there will be exceptions, e.g. in sparsely populated areas. And I don’t think market forces will make drop-in replacement the primary solution, but it will probably be part of the solution.

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