I agree with Jamie. There are obviously a great range of situations, but I would guess his is more typical. Where I live people seem to roughly fall into two categories: those who like evs but can't afford one, and those who can afford an ev but don't want one. The former can only afford one car (typically a used one), and need to occasionally take longer trips to grandparents, etc, and/or have a long commute. These people typically live further from work because that's where they can afford a house. The latter group considers an ev just a car, and far inferior to other cars they can buy which refuel fast and go far. One put it rather succinctly after I told her my car's range: "Its useless." In order for an ev to meet the desires of the former group it has to compete with buying a used ice car. To sell to the latter group it has to be "special" or "sexy", high quality, and have long range, something like a Tesla S.
Myself, I found I used my ev more when I increased charging rate. It enabled me to quickly charge at home for those times when I need to go somewhere in the late afternoon or evening after coming home from a trip where I used most of the battery's capacity. It also permitted me to charge faster at public EVSEs, increasing the distance I could drive with a 30 - 60 minute stop, and decreasing my dwell time at the EVSE so it is available to others. The latter is a big consideration where ev density is higher. My charger is 10 kW, which is about 45 highway miles per hour charge for my car. I sometimes stop at RV parks and charge from a 220V/50A outlet at 9 or 10 kW for 30 minutes then continue on. I also charge from a 220V/50A outlet at home. But of course a bicycle is much more efficient than an ev, so I ride that for many of my errands except during the cold days of winter. -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Supercharging-is-not-the-way-tp4675486p4675546.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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)
