> One of the advantages to an EV is that it takes me about 20 seconds to > hook up the charger cord to the recharging port and walk away. I'm on > 120v AC 12 amps. I come back in the morning or whenever and I have > more range on my pack.
Related Story of being a new EV purchaser: My son did a lock-stock-and barrel move to a new career in Alaska, arriving with nothing but a rolley bag and a backpack. His job location was 160 miles away from Anchorage (the only nearby city for hundreds of miles). After checking in to his new job (rental car for a week, but otherwise NO CARS available for the next several weeks due to tourists). It was tough, walking miles to work.. But then he flew back to Anchorage, bought a BOLT EV and drove the 160 miles back to his new home. Only to find that his apartment outdoor outlets (For block heaters) ALL had ground faults AND the only EV charger in his new area and near its airport was out of commissioon with no prognosis. He was down to 50 miles remaining and beginning to worry. He bought a 25' extension cord from Home Depot, and plugged it into an ouitlet in nis living room and tossed it over the balcony to his car below. Overnight he picked up 42 miles (bringing it up to 90 mi). With his new job, and walmart all being within 3 miles of each other, he figures he will be back to full charge in only a few more days. Try that with an FCEV and or an ICE during a gas shortage. Bob > There is no more driving to and standing in > line to fill an ICE tank with gasoline (or hydrogen). > > Range anxiety has disappeared like a gaseous discharge in the wind. > > If a hydrogen station were available nearby and an EV and a HFCEV were > available of equal value, would I jump ship to buy a HFCEV? To do so, > the hydrogen fuel would have to be a lot cheaper. > > I could see where the trucking industry might be onboard at some > point. The technology might drift down to the ICE level the same way > diesel drifted from trucks to ICE vehicles during the embargoes. But > first the trucks have to adapt to hydrogen. > > Anyway, I'm not seeing a hydrogen future anytime soon. > > A hydrogen economy seven years away??? It might be if EV development > were to be at a stand still. _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
