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Politics : Manmade Global Warming, A hoax? A Scam? or a Doomsday Cult?
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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (3832)2/16/2014 11:53:55 AM
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You have lost track of the original conversation. It was regarding how long it takes to recharge an electric car.

Not at all - my original assertion was "electric cars will not catch on until faster charging exists". You took that to mean single or two person golf carts that go up to 45 mph in a city environment - what I meant was 4 passenger cars with room for a dog and luggage going on a short vacation to grandmas house over 200 miles away such that charging is required to get there.

They were straw man objections. "Hahaha, a battery weighing 2 tons and costing a $million bucks is so stupid and would require 2 hours and a million dollar gantry crane". That's not objection, it's ignorance.
None of the sedans have removable batteries or are even deigned to be easily removed and the batteries do in fact weigh a ton. Not to mention none of them are the same shape, size or material and cannot be interchanged between vehicles and they do in fact cost a small fortune.

I do not argue there is a niche market within dense cities for the limited distance golf carts - but most city dwellers cannot park two cars - so they have to decide if they ever plan to go anywhere far away and make the right buying choice. I also wonder with all the snow we've been having how well those super light golf carts would do on ice or snow and if you can get chains in those tire sizes.

Stopping to buy fuel is not a good thing and it's worse when doing so costs lots of money.

If battery swaps cost as much as gas - then why bother buying electric. These imaginary stations do not exist and we don't have a good feel for pricing yet - but real estate is very expensive in the city. A fast charging battery technology does not increase the foot print of existing stations by much and is far superior in terms of land use and less monkeying around with car parts.
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