Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
They will require no real estate at all, and there will be one about every 10-20 meters. Since they will exist in almost every private home and business.
That's true. If I were to approach someone now with the electric bicycle or an experimental electric car and ask "would you mind letting me recharge?" they would think I am weird, or up to something. But with millions of electric vehicles, people would be used to the idea. Eventually, many people would have ~20 kW outdoor chargers for their own cars. You might limp along until you find one, and ask permission, or maybe just steal the electricity if no one is home.
As you pointed out, it would take a long time to recharge from a regular 1.5 kW outlet, even if you only wanted to go a few miles to the nearest charging station.
This system would take some getting used to, and there would be problems at first. For example, on an interstate highway there might be incidents in which people had to wait for hours to recharge. After that happens a few times and makes the news, gas stations, fast food restaurants and others would soon see profit potential, and fix the problem.
- Jed
