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Bob
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7874065/Electric-cars-must-be-taxed-to-pay-for-more-power-stations-or-National-Grid-could-fail.html
By proposing that electric cars be taxed and that the electric cost for the cars should be the same as gas.
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Thanks for a very thought provoking post. It makes me think about when there were few diesel automobiles and diesel fuel was far less expensive then gasoline. Then entered the law of supply and demand with increasing numbers of diesel automobiles and small trucks. Although it is less costly to produce diesel - less refinement - diesel is now more expensive than gasoline in the US due to increased demand. Despite the hardships the increased diesel costs inflicted on the trucking industry and the resulting rise in cost of all goods dependent on transportation, the price went up. It seems to me that if electric cars get popular, the price of electricity will rise due to more demand, placing a burden on everyone who uses electricity. If this happens, we may be searching for an alternative to power all our industrialized gadgets - or a way to do without so many industrialized gadgets, which I am in the process of doing.
Thanks for a very thought provoking post. It makes me think about when there were few diesel automobiles and diesel fuel was far less expensive then gasoline. Then entered the law of supply and demand with increasing numbers of diesel automobiles and small trucks. Although it is less costly to produce diesel - less refinement - diesel is now more expensive than gasoline in the US due to increased demand. Despite the hardships the increased diesel costs inflicted on the trucking industry and the resulting rise in cost of all goods dependent on transportation, the price went up. It seems to me that if electric cars get popular, the price of electricity will rise due to more demand, placing a burden on everyone who uses electricity. If this happens, we may be searching for an alternative to power all our industrialized gadgets - or a way to do without so many industrialized gadgets, which I am in the process of doing.
Is it technologically impossible to increase the range and shorten the charging time of electric cars?
Jacob
So electric cars can take up to 20 hours to fully recharge. Is it impossible to to make it any quicker? Like in 5 minutes? Why does it take so long?
How about instead of charging cars, why not just replace the battery? You go in, take the battery out by pulling and twisting on two levers, and slide in another one and off you go.
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Fast charge technology already exists - the magazine article below, from 2009, shows an all-electric bus with 5-minute charging:
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http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/11/altairnano-proterra/
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Quick charges ranging from10 to 45 minutes have also been demonstrated by Major EV builders Mitsubishi, Nissan and Tesla.
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The only thing holding this technology back is cost - and that problem is on the way to being solved. Here in this news article we see that 10-minure EV fast-chargers are being installed today at Walgreens drug stores:
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http://www.walgreens.com/topic/sr/sr_electric_vehicle_charging_stations.jsp
Fast charge technology already exists - the magazine article below, from 2009, shows an all-electric bus with 5-minute charging:
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http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/11/altairnano-proterra/
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Quick charges ranging from10 to 45 minutes have also been demonstrated by Major EV builders Mitsubishi, Nissan and Tesla.
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The only thing holding this technology back is cost - and that problem is on the way to being solved. Here in this news article we see that 10-minure EV fast-chargers are being installed today at Walgreens drug stores:
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http://www.walgreens.com/topic/sr/sr_electric_vehicle_charging_stations.jsp
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