New Construction?
Existing Homes?
The point is not the home breaker's amp service rating.
The point is: how many existing homes have an extra, unused 220V outlet to do quicker charging of the EV.
Of course, everybody can hire an electrician, and a dry wall worker.
Problem solved, extra 220V outlet for existing homes.
Many apartments do not have a garage with free 220V outlets, or even have a garage.
They certainly do not have extra 220V outlets in the apartment itself.
Try running a 220V charging cable from the 3rd floor, down to your EV that is on the street.
That will not quite look like like the criss-cross street wiring of India, but it will be close to it.
A lot of the issues are about installed base, versus 50 years from now.
But, those still alive might be using EVs by then.
Existing Homes?
The point is not the home breaker's amp service rating.
The point is: how many existing homes have an extra, unused 220V outlet to do quicker charging of the EV.
Of course, everybody can hire an electrician, and a dry wall worker.
Problem solved, extra 220V outlet for existing homes.
Many apartments do not have a garage with free 220V outlets, or even have a garage.
They certainly do not have extra 220V outlets in the apartment itself.
Try running a 220V charging cable from the 3rd floor, down to your EV that is on the street.
That will not quite look like like the criss-cross street wiring of India, but it will be close to it.
A lot of the issues are about installed base, versus 50 years from now.
But, those still alive might be using EVs by then.
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The problem with desert generation is that even empty desert isn't empty. There are things that live on it, in it and above it. They're highly adapted and relatively small changes in their habitat could mean extinction.
Everything comes freighted with consequences and it's hard to choose the least worst.
Everything comes freighted with consequences and it's hard to choose the least worst.
Good enough for Germany
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...-experiment-human-waste-faeces-fertiliser-aoe
Boils off into what? Like a rubber gas? I have never heard of such a thing and would love to be enlightened with the specifics.
Here's a technically-easy solution: have bidirectional chargers at most common parking spots (including homes). Boom, the public EV fleet becomes a huge source of energy storage and can provide energy when solar isn't there, or at night-time when there is no solar.
Of course, that would be very expensive. But for far too long, humans have been accruing the interest from unsustainable practices and Mother Nature has already started to collect. It would not be cheaper to stick our collective heads in the sand. There exist other options as well, that was just a simple one off the top of my head.
Let's not get started on the s***show that is Texas electricity.
Tesla model 3 LR AWD is $64k CAD here, or $59k with the EV rebate. Even the standard RWD model 3 is $49k with the rebate. You can get a new Camry SE for $35k.
jeff
Now I am very much a fan of bangernomics so I run cars into the ground but if I read you right after 100,000km you've only saved a little over 5000€ over the petrol car. Doesn't seem a huge saving?
I'll also be very honest that I have never seen (or looked hard for) a total soup to nuts calculation of C02 produced by a car so I don't know if I am being good or bad by sticking with a 15 year old ICE because it just works (and kids trash cars).
I've also not looked at the average carbon footprint of electricity in UK vs petrol/diesel. Some days (like today) we get nearly 50% of electricity demand from wind but a few days ago it was 50% from gas.
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