On Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 11:18:42 PM UTC-5, rbowman wrote:
On 07/26/2017 07:22 PM, p-0''0-h the cat (coder) wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jul 2017 19:15:45 -0600, rbowman wrote:

On 07/26/2017 11:48 AM, p-0''0-h the cat (coder) wrote:
There's work being done on tech which reduces charge times dramatically.
Like minutes. Whether it will make it to the consumer or at all is
another matter. I'd put a few quid on it happening. Maybe not soon.

Since there isn't a free lunch that would imply a heavy current draw by
the charging circuitry. I can't wait for everyone to get home from work
at 5:37 and plug in their Electronmobile. I don't think Musk's super
fast charging points are popular with the utility companies.

Well it's a good point but is super fast charging important at home.

I wouldn't think so for most people in an urban setting. In this area it
isn't uncommon for people to commute 30 to 50 miles to work. For the low
end offerings that come in around 80 to 100 miles on a charge you could
make the round trip to work without too many white knuckles. But then,
if you want to go out in the evening you're probably out of luck with
something requiring an overnight charge.

The problem I see for some urban areas, where ecars would be ideal, is
the 'at home' part. In many places that means on street parking and an
apartment. Running an extension cord down from a third floor apartment
would be interesting.

Hot-swapping battery packs might work for some people, but there would
be a substantial expense and the packs aren't exactly like putting a
couple of fresh AA cells in your flashlight.

I'm sure many of the problems will be worked out in time but I won't be
an early adopter although something like this might be interesting:

http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...325-story.html

The economics aren't there. My Suzuki cost a little more than half of
the 6.5 model and gets about 50 mpg. As I was fueling it tonight a guy
in a SUV at the pump in from of me asked how much gas I put in. 3.2
gallons. Then he asked how many miles that was good for and I said 155.
I didn't have the heart to ask him about his ride. With numbers like
that payback would never happen.


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https://www.damninteresting.com/the-atomic-automobile/

http://www.collective-evolution.com/...grams-of-fuel/

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