EV buyers mostly motivated by lower energy costs than climate concerns, survey finds
EV buyers mostly motivated by lower energy costs than climate concerns, survey finds
More drivers have switched to fully electric cars because of lower energy costs than a desire to protect the climate, and are particularly keen to power EVs with household solar.
and that's totally fine, that's how you achieve mass adoption and energetic independence, make it more advantageous to use.
The main challenge for dense metropolitan areas is that inhabitants have less options to charge their car at home when they live in an apartment and park on the street.
I got pretty excited by the new curb chargers developed by RheinMetall in Germany: https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/products/e-mobility/charging-infrastructure/curb-stone-chargers
That's a pretty sweet charger, not gonna lie.
However, at least from what I've been told, in a lot of places the main obstacle is the grid and not the space. It's simply not designed to deliver the amount of electricity that is required at the moment. I don't know if it's already been dealt with, since I heard that years ago, and obviously, if it hasn't it's something that needs to be dealt with anyway at some point.
The grid shouldn't have much trouble handling car charging loads as they are similar to 240v ovens in our kitchens and HVAC systems in the wattage consumed. We don't typically have trouble with the grid when new homes are added that include both of those type of large wattage appliances.
Looks sweet and futuristic, but it wouldn't last a week over here in the states. Some dipshit would try crushing it with their lifted diesel pickup to compensate for their tiny pp.
But then again, that can be solved with a pair of concrete bollards. One on each side.
Some dipshit would try crushing it with their lifted diesel pickup to compensate for their tiny pp.
The far larger problem would be that every single charging cable would be stolen in 60 minutes or less.
But then again, that can be solved with a pair of concrete bollards. One on each side.
If they were going to be crushed it'd mostly be by EV drivers who can't fucking park. Adding bollards could make opening the charging side door pretty interesting for some models. As an example if there were bollards in the setup in the picture then you'd be entirely unable to open the right rear door of the vehicle. For vehicles who have their charging port on the front ahead of the drivers door the driver themselves may be unable to exit.
I would disagree that home charging is necessary. There are other ways you can enable charging for the drivewayless.
Ie: My homes power supplier has a deal where I can charge my car at a specific companies chargers and only pay my home power rate.
I don’t have anywhere home charging capability. But because of this deal, I haven’t had any problems charging. I have just folded charging into my weekly routine.
Go to the gym, charge it up. If I need to walk the dog and the car is particularly low I’ll go walk the dog around a charger.
And it’s not like there’s a huge amount of chargers from this company around me.
I agree that it's not a huge hurdle, but the great part of having and EV is to be able to skip the charging part entirely for daily commutes. Come home, plug in, drive off the next morning with a full charge, that's what it's about :)
I always tell people I’m all about going 💰green💰that’s why I drive an EV, have solar panels, and buy second hand for almost everything.
EVs are intended to save the auto industry, not the environment.
Because I understand the scale of environmental impact one person can have with 1 car, I am more interested in the lower energy costs and energy independence that EVs offer. With enough solar power and an EV you can achieve independence from the Oiligarchy