About 2/3rds of all residences are single family homes by national census. IE, fully 1/3rd generally cannot conveniently own an EV.
I used that figure in my talks until I got statistics relevant to Maryland. In Maryland (and presumably other mid-atlantic urban states) the figure is closer to 50%. That is a huge factor but is also something that clever DIY individuals can help overcome on a case basis. Bob On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 10:36 AM Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > Most people are not attached to ICEs. They will buy EVs when the price > is compelling and they don't fear inconvenience of charging. > > On price, I suspect people will take fuel and maintenance into some > account but not too much. The sticker price will have to be close. And, > frankly, a new ICE will easily go for 10 years without any costly > maintenance. > > On charging, it's easy for us EV adopters to ignore or work around > charging issues. But, whether they need it or not, even two-car > households are used to *each* car having the ability to go on a road > trip. I see more and more people having a "moment of clarity" and > realizing they can get by with one road-trip car, so that's changing. > But on a road trip, few will be willing to wait for 30-60 minutes of > charging every 2-3 hours. And, there's the plethora of apartment > dwellers where charging infrastructure is difficult and costly to > install. > > I really don't think people in general are resisting EVs, they just want > a known entity. > > And, I think the same is true for the USPS. EV tech has changed a lot > since their prior experiments and, now, there may be very little > resistance by drivers. Right now, DeJoy is the problem, not the drivers. > > Peri > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "jamie via EV" <[email protected]> > To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Cc: "jamie" <[email protected]> > Sent: 25-Feb-21 12:03:26 AM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Your mail may arrive by EV - or it may not > > > > >Good points about the importance of political/emotional as well as > technical reasons. In fact the world is constantly changing and things can > become emotionally cool and politically popular over time. > > > >Technology improves. Clunky satellite phones that cost way too much and > didn't work that well have morphed into amazing little internet > communication and computing devices that most people today take for granted > and wouldn't be without. > > > >EVs are climbing the adoption curve. EVs have become cool. People who buy > them tend to say they will never go back. Major automobile companies are > investing heavily into EVs going forward. Local and national governments, > and some auto manufacturers, are putting a cutoff deadline on building and > selling new fossil fuel cars. > > > >Tesla, on stock value, has become worth more than the other major auto > companies combined, or some such, and their cars out-perform gas cars on > multiple metrics. They can't make them fast enough to satisfy demand. We're > a long way past the early EV experiments, lead acid batteries, really slow > charging, and pain cars. > > > >Amazon, FedEx, etc. are moving into EV delivery trucks. There are spiffy > EV police cars popping up in local police departments. Turns out there's > money to be saved, along with the technical advantages. > > > >So things change. For an institution that prides itself on having a > long-term view, it's past time for the post office to get with the program. > I'll bet that at this point a lot of post office employees would agree - > along with the bean counters who can foresee significant operational > savings which the post office REALLY needs. > > > >IOW, just because something didn't work before, within the context and > technology of earlier times, doesn't automatically mean it won't/can't work > now when the context and technology has changed and the momentum continues > to accelerate. > > > >They used to deliver mail with horses. > > > >Cheers, > > -Jamie > > > >PS. Yes, gas engine mechanics may not be happy, (nor will the oil > industry lobby). But if it's done right, delivery drivers and mail > carriers, by and large, will be THRILLED to move beyond their ancient > rattletraps into modern EVs. > > > > > >On 2/25/21 12:05 AM, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > >>Steves via EV wrote: > >>>Good article about postal vehicles and why they should be electric. > >>>https://www.greatbusinessschools.org/usps-long-life-vehicle/ > >>> > >>>Biggest take aways: > >>> - 96% of them drive less than 40 miles a day. > >>>- current vehicles get 9 MPG > >>>- 83% are urban (think pollution) > >>> > >>>Such a perfect fit for an EV > >> > >>Ah, but those are the technical reasons. What counts are the political > and emotional reasons. > >> > >>The USPS has tried EVs quite a few times. They have always "failed"; not > for technical reasons, but because the management and postal workers > disliked them, and opposed them in every way possible. In extreme cases, > the vehicles were even sabatoged to make *sure* they failed. > >> > >>My dad was a career postal employee. His "inside view" was that the > postal union hated EVs; they were a disruptive technology that got in the > way of "how we've always done things". EVs put limits on how and where > postal workers could drive them. There was extra record-keeping, and it was > harder to charge them than to put gas in. EVs also threatened the postal > mechanic's jobs. > >> > >>Lower-level managers were also opposed. They didn't like to be told from > "on high" how to do things. The postal bureaucracy is strong and deep, and > mightily opposed to change. It's going to be mighty hard to overcome that > prejudice and inertia. > >> > >>Lee Hart > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > >ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > >LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210225/74b9e184/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
