evguy5 said:
planet4ever said:
evguy5's argument that "someday" things will get better is true, but when that someday arrives I doubt if we will be satisfied with charging stations where we have to sit for an hour or more to be able to go the next 150 miles. I'm not sure we should spend a lot of money on technology that won't satisfy the requirement today and is likely to be obsolete tomorrow.
So what would be your solution?
The short term solution, for those of us who can't afford a Tesla, is to accept the limitations of EV range. This means either using public transportation (plane, train, bus) for longer trips, or avoiding longer trips, or renting or maintaining a second vehicle. Because my wife is over 80 years old and we do want to visit our great-grandchildren on occasion, we have chosen to keep a Prius.
My crystal ball is not good enough to tell you what the long term solution is, though I suspect it will be something we don't have right now. Practical ultracapacitors? Inductive charging from highway roadbeds? A completely different type of battery with far higher energy density? Self-driving trains of cars automatically shifted from one train to another based on destination? Who knows.
Ray