Typically, it takes around 10 hours to charge an electric vehicle. Even with fast-charging techniques, you're still looking at a minimum of 30 minutes – and that's if there's an open spot at a charging station. If electric vehicles could charge as swiftly as we refill traditional gas vehicles, it wo

Fully Charged in Just 6 Minutes – Groundbreaking Technique Could Revolutionize EV Charging::Typically, it takes around 10 hours to charge an electric vehicle. Even with fast-charging techniques, you’re still looking at a minimum of 30 minutes – and that’s if there’s an open spot at a charging station. If electric vehicles could charge as swiftly as we refill traditional gas vehicles, it wo

  • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I still don’t understand why people need ultra distance in EVs. If I drove as much as often as the “I need a million mile range” crew I’d take a good, long look at my life and what was wrong with it.

    • kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I mean, it could be part of the job they do, whatever, but people vastly overestimate what they actually need from a vehicle.

      • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        If my commute distance was as long as some of these people claim, I’d do any number of things to change that.

        • kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          there is stuff other than commute, for example a friend of mine works as a mechanic for agricultural machinery.

          so there are days where he goes 400km one way to go do repairs on a piece of equipment.

          Of course he is an exception to the rule just wanted to point out that there are jobs where you actually have to drive more than a BEVs range in a day.

          • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Sure, it’s the long tail, but everyone pretends they’re in the tip of it.

            I think there’s something else behind it honestly. People have grown used to not planning and making long drives randomly and don’t want to have to plan before making a Lewis and Clark length voyage now even if it’s pivotal because of impending climate collapse.

            I don’t think the average American has moved very far from being aghast at Jimmy Carter’s suggestion that they wear a sweater when heating prices were high.

            We’re spoiled babies and we don’t intend to change, even if it means the end of all things.