by fastcharge (Posted Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:00:28 GMT)
Surprised by a lot of the comments on here. A few thoughts:
I think people should view this as a way to locally increase the range of their vehicle not as a means to drive on 1,000 mile journeys. Maybe 1 day out of a month, you want to see a relative in a nearby city. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to go see them with your Leaf instead of having to buy (or rent) a second car?
Level 2 chargers are slow for public use. That is all that really matters. We need to transition to something faster.
If you are for electrification of automobiles so that we can get off oil, you should be for this putting in more chargers.
Many people say you shouldn’t put chargers in and quote Tesla as the model of what you should do. Tesla is putting a charging network in. Even though their cars get exceptional range, they see the benefit in giving people options.
There are 168,000 gas stations in the US even though ICE cars have much better range. Not sure how that would be explained.
Even if cars had a better range, you would still like to be able to fill up when it is convenient. There are 168,000 gas stations.
If you support level 2 charger home tax credits, you should also think about being for other people who don’t have a house to charge at but still want to stop using ICE.
The range of EV’s will get better as more and more money gets poured into the industry. People will still want to be able to fill up quickly, wherever they happen to be. 50 miles is actually way to far apart but you have to start somewhere.
It sounds like a lot of people want to perfect the train but not install any tracks. You need both.
Sure there are charging standard issues but you aren’t voting to install something tomorrow. All that the petition asks for is for the administration to think about it and provide a response.
The petition will not get 100,000 signatures but people are talking about DC chargers and that is a good step in the right direction.
http://cars.chicagotribune.com/fuel-eff ... e-20130805
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/whi ... ification/
http://www.hybridcars.com
Surprised by a lot of the comments on here. A few thoughts:
I think people should view this as a way to locally increase the range of their vehicle not as a means to drive on 1,000 mile journeys. Maybe 1 day out of a month, you want to see a relative in a nearby city. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to go see them with your Leaf instead of having to buy (or rent) a second car?
Level 2 chargers are slow for public use. That is all that really matters. We need to transition to something faster.
If you are for electrification of automobiles so that we can get off oil, you should be for this putting in more chargers.
Many people say you shouldn’t put chargers in and quote Tesla as the model of what you should do. Tesla is putting a charging network in. Even though their cars get exceptional range, they see the benefit in giving people options.
There are 168,000 gas stations in the US even though ICE cars have much better range. Not sure how that would be explained.
Even if cars had a better range, you would still like to be able to fill up when it is convenient. There are 168,000 gas stations.
If you support level 2 charger home tax credits, you should also think about being for other people who don’t have a house to charge at but still want to stop using ICE.
The range of EV’s will get better as more and more money gets poured into the industry. People will still want to be able to fill up quickly, wherever they happen to be. 50 miles is actually way to far apart but you have to start somewhere.
It sounds like a lot of people want to perfect the train but not install any tracks. You need both.
Sure there are charging standard issues but you aren’t voting to install something tomorrow. All that the petition asks for is for the administration to think about it and provide a response.
The petition will not get 100,000 signatures but people are talking about DC chargers and that is a good step in the right direction.
http://cars.chicagotribune.com/fuel-eff ... e-20130805
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/whi ... ification/
http://www.hybridcars.com