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0 pointsaaomidi3y ago0 comments

Electricity is everywhere. Like. Everywhere. It’s only a matter of time before the charging network expands.

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Electricity assuredly is NOT everywhere. There are large swaths of the US where you will be very far from a plug. Also, it takes an impractical amount of time to charge an EV pickup truck on anything other than a fast charger.

We are not anywhere near where the infrastructure is ready for EV pickup trucks to be practical for a large number of people that currently need them. We may get there some day, but not for decades without a huge breakthrough in battery charging technology or manhattan project level investment in charging infrastructure.

aaomidiOP3y ago

220V 50 amps electricity is effectively everywhere. Those large swaths of the country with nothing in them are also places where there’s generally far less traffic.

lockhouse3y ago

> Those large swaths of the country with nothing in them are also places where there’s generally far less traffic.

Don't those sound like places you'd want to drive something like a pickup truck?

Also, the grid isn't ready for everyone to have electric vehicles using fast chargers. A heat wave takes down the grids of entire states.

piva003y ago

Where do most pickup trucks get driven in the USA? I'd guess it's not in the middle of nowhere, at least that wasn't my impression when visiting the USA.

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alistairSH3y ago

LOL. No it isn't.

I camp in the Appalachians regularly, from DC. There a quite a few spots I can't get to without a 3 hour charging detour (2 hours charge time, 1 hour road detour to get to EV station) on the return leg. And that's for areas that are only 3-4 hours away (one direction). [this was using ABRP and a mid-range Riviant R1T]

aaomidiOP3y ago

I think y’all are mixing up “electricity is everywhere” which is what I stated with “charging stations are everywhere”

These are different problems.

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lockhouse3y ago

aaomidiOP3y ago

220V 50 amps electricity is effectively everywhere. Those large swaths of the country with nothing in them are also places where there’s generally far less traffic.

lockhouse3y ago

> Those large swaths of the country with nothing in them are also places where there’s generally far less traffic.

Don't those sound like places you'd want to drive something like a pickup truck?

Also, the grid isn't ready for everyone to have electric vehicles using fast chargers. A heat wave takes down the grids of entire states.

piva003y ago

Where do most pickup trucks get driven in the USA? I'd guess it's not in the middle of nowhere, at least that wasn't my impression when visiting the USA.

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alistairSH3y ago

LOL. No it isn't.

aaomidiOP3y ago

I think y’all are mixing up “electricity is everywhere” which is what I stated with “charging stations are everywhere”

These are different problems.

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