RichardSIA said:For the record and the reading comprehension challenged, I have no problem with EV's so long as they are not mandated at the expense of ICE cars, or over-hyped as some sort of miracle cure-all, and the Fanboise cease attacking ICE car ownership.
Musk/Tesla started the ****-storm with his demands that ICE be outlawed way back when they were on the brink of going under despite incredible tax breaks, and subsidies.
Now that they appear to be financially secure they still go too far with utterly impractical demands that ICE be ended.
ICE pollutes at the tailpipe and ICE cars get dirtier every year you use them. EVs have no tailpipe emissions and as the grid gets cleaner, they also get cleaner every year you use them. Unless you're advocating for more pollution, you should want to be cutting down on it in every sector we can. EVs can be plenty of fun to drive, and are great daily drivers for way more people than they can be built for now.
As a pertinent note, among the gems I turned up in all those reports this came up.
There are at least three EV charging standards/plugs in 'current' use.
So even if you find a charging station you may not be able to use it.
A couple flaws with that mentality. First, the "three current standards" are Tesla, J1772 (everyone else) and CCS (which is essentially the J1772 with a couple extra leads on it for fast charging). ANY car that can use a CCS can also use the J1772, as you merely use the top half of the car's plug when charging on a J1772. But those are limited to Level 1 and Level 2 charging, and so are used only for slow charging and topping off at restaurants and libraries and the like. MOST current EVs use the CCS, and if you're road tripping in a modern EV, that's the one you use. And Teslas have an adapter to use the CCS/J1772, so they can ALWAYS get charged.
There was a 4th "standard" that applied to Leafs and a couple Japanese compliance cars, and that was Chaedemo. But even the modern Leafs use the J1772 and CCS.
Secondly, you don't run low then go looking for a compatible charger, That's dumb. You use apps like PlugShare or A Better Route Planner (though even Google Maps will shortly have this capability). All of them tell you where the chargers are, what type they are, what wattage they are (and which ones are in use or being worked on), etc. You tell the app where you're going, what kind of car you have, and it finds the applicable chargers on your route, how long it'll take to get there, and how long you'll have to charge to get to your next stop or your destination. Or wherever you might want to go. Some new EVs can find the nearest charger that is compatible in the factory nav, just by searching locally. It's. Just. Not. That. Hard. I've gone on a few 700-900 mile road trips in my Bolt and it's never been an issue.
There are still "No drive" zones in some states as the correct type EV charging stations are spread too thin.
Some of these are going the way of Betamax, will the losers get new charging systems or just scrap their EV's?
And those areas are shrinking rapidly. Even 4 years ago, there were a lot of areas that were not covered for road tripping. But even Red states like Tennessee, which had pretty much none 4 years ago, are rolling out fast charging stations so that you're never more than 25 miles from a fast charger. This spring we drove down to Greenville, TN from here in Baltimore and had no problem planning the route out with A Better Route Planner in 5 minutes that got us there without an issue.
Paid by the oil companies, I wish!
Then quit repeating disproven oil company talking points and LEARN something. 'Cause if you're not paid by them, then the other part of my statement stands.
, and could not find any. 
