Just get rid of the charging stations. It’s ridiculous that EV owners should expect to charge their cars anywhere but at home or at work.

  • CrimeDadOP
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    -252 days ago

    I don’t care about any particular EV brand. Trying to use battery powered EVs for such purposes means that they need to built with heavy, oversized, extra hazardous batteries. The responsible, proper use case for BEVs is short trips with plenty of time for charging at home or work.

    • @[email protected]
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      212 days ago

      So your suggestion is basically families should own an EV just for getting around home… and a gas guzzler for long distance travel? IMO the ideal should be a slow phase out of the gas cars.

      Or you know… instead of needing super heavy batteries… they could have smaller batteries… if charging stations become common enough that people can relatively easily find places to stop and charge on long trips.

    • @tabular
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      52 days ago

      Batteries and liquid fuel are both hazardous in terms of catching fire, do you mean something else?

      • @rottingleaf
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        02 days ago

        One can use natural gas (usually combined with some amount of gasoline). In terms of safety - if you’ve ever seen gas stations with concrete walls between fueling spots, that’s where this is popular, so not very safe.

        • @tabular
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          11 day ago

          I’ve not seen those (may not be in my country). What do the concrete walls stop, explosions?

          • @rottingleaf
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            11 day ago

            It’s cheaper and more dangerous, and usually done where natural gas is much cheaper than gasoline. Yes, explosions.