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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Once they get charging times down further it will be better. They're talking about 10 minute charges soon. The other thing we need to do though is get businesses and parking lot owners on board with charging stations. Just literally everywhere, especially long visit businesses like grocery stores and restaurants.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m all-in if they do a 10-minute charge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This exactly. The battery tech needs to be such that I can get the same energy density into my vehicle without having to change my habits around the technology.

Couple that with the fact that battery production is crazy dirty and bad for the environment anyway, I'm still not sure the EV is "it".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah there is going to be a big problem when all these batteries are dead. I know they can recycle a lot of them but WILL they?

It feels like battery tech should be further along by now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What’s interesting is some places like grocery stores installed chargers, but then removed them because of all the EV owners taking up spots but not actually shopping at the stores.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Which would be solved by requiring a purchase to avoid a parking charge. But I've seen the opposite where the plaza owner puts them in and is quite happy to have people walking around the plaza.