John_____Doe t1_irwmxgb wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:22 PM

Reply to comment by Suicicoo in NASA invents ‘incredible’ battery for electric planes by HaikuKnives

Daily, few ppl need more than 100km if they can charge at home

earthshaker495 t1_irwnt5v wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:27 PM

This is the one thing keeping me from getting an electric vehicle. There is exactly a 0% chance my apartment will put in a charger so I'm stuck for now

John_____Doe t1_irwp4tm wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:36 PM

The worst part is they just need a couple dedicated normal outlets in the parking section. Most people would be fine charging their car off a tradional 13A outlet. 1.5-2 kWh would result in 6-8 kWh over night. And at an avr of 0.2kwh per km we get between 6-8km/h so over night that should be 30-50km which is much more than the average city travel.

imwithadd t1_irws2xs wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:55 PM

I know plenty of people who have an electric car in nyc. Apartments don’t have them there. They charge when they go grocery shopping or travel. I do realize that we don’t drive as much as most people though so that might not be realistic for everyone.

Suicicoo t1_irwq4eh wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:43 PM

yeah, but i don't drive daily, i do most of the stuff in 20km radius with the bike or the cargobike (or with my 50ccm moped)
The distances i use my car for are usually between 400-1100km...

John_____Doe t1_irwqi5n wrote on October 11, 2022 at 4:45 PM

For situations like Urs it would never really be green or economical to go electric. If you can use ur personal transport vehicle or public transport the majority of the time it would be more polluting to get an electric car than it would be to just continue as your were and rent gas when you need distance. Untill we hit some massive breakthrough in battery tek I really see electric as the way to offset our daily travels and then maybe a hybrid solution for long distance