For every day use, slow charging is fine, because you can leave the vehicle plugged in overnight.
The fast charging time is important on longer trips, which is what has been historically a detractor for EV ownership. It is also a good watermark for gauging the viability of EV fleet vehicles, such as for long haul freight.
Long haul still doesn’t make sense to me unless it’s swappable lower density batteries. I know you can recycle lithium batteries but it feels wasteful.
Besides, overhead power is the good stuff, if it absolutely has to be rubber over asphalt.
just to be clear, overhead wire is only ever gonna be used by commercial vehicles. There’s not a chance in hell that individuals could be trusted with using pantographs properly.
That said we should have installed the wires over every motorway years ago.
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For every day use, slow charging is fine, because you can leave the vehicle plugged in overnight.
The fast charging time is important on longer trips, which is what has been historically a detractor for EV ownership. It is also a good watermark for gauging the viability of EV fleet vehicles, such as for long haul freight.
Long haul still doesn’t make sense to me unless it’s swappable lower density batteries. I know you can recycle lithium batteries but it feels wasteful.
Besides, overhead power is the good stuff, if it absolutely has to be rubber over asphalt.
just to be clear, overhead wire is only ever gonna be used by commercial vehicles. There’s not a chance in hell that individuals could be trusted with using pantographs properly.
That said we should have installed the wires over every motorway years ago.