> I think the solution will be much more boring than that. > As battery capacity increases and charge time decreases, > we'll simply see filling stations morph to charging stations. Status quo. > I'm sure people will continue to charge at home if they're able. > The rest will use "filling" stations.
I see exactly the opposite happening. As the world wakes up to the fact that an EV can maintain more than 80 miles of range a day by simply plugging into a 120v outlet while parked at home and at work, the need for going anywhere to charge diminishes more and more over time. AND cars will have simple "appliance like retractible 120v cords" instead of this silly designed-by-committee j1772 abomination for L1 charging. (Sure J1772 is REQUIRED for L2, no questsion)... but it is silly when you then stick a 3 prong standard 120v plug on the other end for L1! Just put the EVSE (for L1) safety circuit IN THE CAR and have a very easy retractible pull-out 120v plug for when you park. See how I did it on a LEAF: http://aprs.org/charging-DIY.html Going to a gas "station" makes sense when you only have to do it once a week or so. But no one will live with that inconvenience when they have to do it everyday like EV's require. And if one thinks people will buy bigger batteries just so they can go somewhere to a "station" to charge once a week and STAND THERE while waiting, one does not understand simple economics of time-or-money. Why pay THREE times as much for a 240 mile range when you only need 80. If you need 240, buy a plug-in hybrid. bob, WB4APR ------ Original Message ------ From: "Lee Hart via EV" <[email protected]> To: "Ben Goren" <[email protected]>; "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: 24-Nov-14 7:10:54 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] OT: status> the newswires are changing, (L1 CORRECTION!) >Ben Goren via EV wrote: >>I predict we'll see parking meters everywhere morph into charging >>stations > >This is certainly the logical way to do it. However, logic has little >to do with politics and business. > >>I also imagine there'll be much wringing of hands over figuring out >>what to charge for charging as opposed to parking... > >Ironically, every parking meter I've ever seen already charges *way* >more per hour than the cost of the electricity you could get from an AC >outlet on that meter. > >-- Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any >good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. -- Howard Aiken >-- >Lee Hart's EV projects are at http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
