Mod Note: This discussion was moved here from another thread about the Rivian EV truck, to keep this general EV discussion all together.
1. If the USA is to electrify our transportation fleet, US power production will have to double.
2. Electrical distribution infrastructure will require a multi trillion dollar upgrade to charge all the EV's.
3. Charging will always take longer than filling up a tank and charging infrastructure is so sparse that more trillions will be needed to make EV's a reality.
4. Gasoline has 17 times the energy density of current generation Lithium Ion batteries, range anxiety in a big country like the USA will always be a thing unless better battery tech is developed.
5. A fully charged battery is a bomb waiting to happen, all it takes is one defect in the thousands of cells used in EV batteries and your garage is going up in smoke. Battery fires are very hard to extinguish. Take the Bolt problem for example.
But, by all means, get a Tesla or Rivian, somebody has to do the development work these "move fast and break things" guys don't do.
1. If the USA is to electrify our transportation fleet, US power production will have to double.
2. Electrical distribution infrastructure will require a multi trillion dollar upgrade to charge all the EV's.
3. Charging will always take longer than filling up a tank and charging infrastructure is so sparse that more trillions will be needed to make EV's a reality.
4. Gasoline has 17 times the energy density of current generation Lithium Ion batteries, range anxiety in a big country like the USA will always be a thing unless better battery tech is developed.
5. A fully charged battery is a bomb waiting to happen, all it takes is one defect in the thousands of cells used in EV batteries and your garage is going up in smoke. Battery fires are very hard to extinguish. Take the Bolt problem for example.
But, by all means, get a Tesla or Rivian, somebody has to do the development work these "move fast and break things" guys don't do.
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