adric22 said:
dm33 said:
caross said:
Chevy Dealer's don't have 'public' EVSEs?
That is not a great way to instill confidence in your new car purchasers.
It indicates the level of commitment GM has for EVs.
Its hard for me to agree with that line of thinking. Thus far the only volume product they've sold is the Volt. And I think it is safe to say Volt drivers aren't likely to stop by a dealership and charge for an hour or two. Nissan, on the other hand, really needed to make sure the dealerships had public stations to help sell the car. So I can't equate their lack of public charging stations to being a lack of commitment for EVs up to this point. Now as the Spark EV is on the market, things might change. But since it is sold in such a limited area, who knows.
Clearly you are not the person to argue with... Leaf and Volt... You bought a full glass of EV-KoolAid like the rest of us here.
*Internet High-Five*
This is how I think of it... the car manufacturers of the world don't need to convince people like you or me - or any of the Early Adopters or Tree-Huggers. (I'm not an early adopter - I just could not make the step without proven tech, but I do consider myself a 'hugger)
The people they need to convince are people like my Dad (75) will drive a gas guzzler till the day he dies. Not only does he find joy in the "muscle car" mystique of his childhood dreams, but he also likes to know that he can get out of his car, open the hood, turn a few screws, bolts or spray a bit starter fluid and all is well no matter what.
His view is that until he can "run out of power" and get a lift to a recharge on the corner, the cars "are not ready for prime time". And, in truth, I suppose he is a little right. The main problem with EVs is "EV Anxiety" - what happens if I run out of power. You can't just get a lift to the local station and borrow a gas can with $3 of fuel and fix everything like you can with an ICE. You are committed to, at a minimum, 30 minutes of charge once a EVSE is located.
If there was one at every Starbucks, Acme, Movie Theater, Car Dealer, Police Station, Library, etc... then this becomes a much smaller problem. As it is now, you are hopefully less than 10mi away, but (and I've been looking at the EVSE maps) often times it could be 25, ot 50 away.
I just think that it is Chevy (and any other EV manufacturer's duty) to provide EVSE infrastructure for the greater good. "They" said nobody wants to buy these EV things... people do, and are. "They" said it is a chicken-and-egg problem. It is, but I bought a Chicken and and Egg... so there.
I dunno, I just think that a serious EV car company needs to invest AT A MINIMUM in EVSEs at their dealers.
I happen to think Tesla is doing a dis-service by making their technology Tesla only. But that is a whole different thread.