On 28 May 2023 at 22:11, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > I drive exclusively electric since several years and have used public > charging exactly 1 time ... All my other charging has been at work or > home, occasionally at a friend's home. Just to say that when truly > adopting the electric driving model, you also leave the "gas station" > model.
Outside of the US, much of the world agrees with you. City cars are a thing there. Case in point: the #2 selling EV in France for 2022 has a 225km range and *optional* 30kW DC charging. It also costs 30-50% less than even a small long-range EV. However Teslas, and now most other EVs, try - with varying degress of success - to replace ICEVs for all purposes. That means big, heavy, expensive batteries, which in turn means big, heavy, expensive vehicles, and expensive high-power charging to support using them for long trips. Those big EVs are priced for people with big incomes. In all fairness, so are a lot of ICEVs. Most automakers are telling folks of more limited means to get lost. That makes room for manufacturers who are willing to build nimble, affordable, low- to medium-range EVs. I don't think that'll be Toyota, Nissan, Honda, or even Tesla - it looks like Tesla's "cybertruck" will arrive well before a small Tesla does. Most likely BYD and Geely will do to the Japanese automakers what they did to GM and Ford 40+ years ago. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = When we look at Auschwitz we see the end of the process. The Holocaust did not start with gas chambers. The hatred gradually developed from words, stereotypes and prejudice, through legal exclusion, dehumanisation and escalating violence. -- The Auschwitz Museum = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
