On Tue, 25 May 2021 16:04:05 -0400, Tekkie©
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On Tue, 25 May 2021 12:27:47 -0400, posted for all of us to
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On Mon, 24 May 2021 23:55:10 -0500, Jim Joyce
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On Mon, 24 May 2021 21:58:32 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 5/24/2021 5:36 PM, Tekkie? wrote:

On Mon, 24 May 2021 14:37:16 -0400, Ed Pawlowski posted for all of us to
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How do I do that with all the employees plugged in? Think I'll be be able to
plugin to the nursing home outlet? Do you think they will have charging
stations for visitors?


Do you think minimum wage nursing home employees will have EVs?

No. but the doctors, nurses, therapists and visitors may. Remains to be
seen.



They may in the future. There are also many charging stations at rest
stops now. Some restaurants have them so you can stop for a snack and
get a charge. More charging stations are popping up every day.

"Stopping for a snack & get a charge" How far will this take you? What's the
mileage for say a 20 minute charge?

So the customers are subsidizing the EV users (again).

What is many? Who pays to install, maintain them?


OK. your lack of knowledge is showing. There are a few commercial
enterprises putting them in and they charge the customer to use them and
they make a profit. Works like gas stations but they sell electric
instead of gas. Some have plans for discounts.

I wonder if battery swaps, of some sort, will ever be part of the EV
solution. My goal would be to reduce the charging time to roughly equal the
time it currently takes to fill a gas tank rather than hanging around at
the charging station for hours and hours. I don't think current EVs are
designed with quick battery swaps in mind, for multiple reasons, but it
could be nice at some point.

Not likely. People aren't going to want to trade a new battery for
something unknown. They're way too expensive to have the vehicle come
without a battery and pay a deposit for one at the electricity store.

There are already rebuilt batteries for Prius and other brands that were early
adopters.

We looked at that when we were starting our car hunt. It seems like
the useful life of the battery is 8 years or so. The rebuilts are not
much cheaper than aftermarket batteries and YMMV on the quality of the
cells they use in either. Not surprisingly, out around 8 years the
value of a hybrid seems to fall off by about as much as a battery
costs, installed. I was also surprised a Prius is not all that popular
on the used market.
Bear in mind this was a month ago. Car prices have gone absolutely
nuts since then and the "Stealers" seem to be the worst.
Duplicating the Ford I bought in early May cost me $2000 more from
Avis (a virtual clone) and they were the cheapest place I found. The
same car from the Honda dealer a year older, 6000 more miles was $2000
higher than that.