I'm in the probably category of man made emissions as opposed to the absolutely, positively, definitely group. That said, I am also of the opinion that we shouldn't go back to living in caves to save the enviroment. I would like to think that we can achieve a happy medium somewhere in between.
We once used to chop down trees to make steam and tip waste into rivers from industrial processes. That helped humans more forward rapidly and enhance quality of life and health massively. That was all good but eventually we realised there's a better way and so we moved forward with coal, gas, nuclear, petrol and diesel etc.
I see the move to renewables in much the same way. So, that's where I am on the enviroment. I'd like to get that out of the way.
If you'd read my post the other day you would've already seem my view on the practicalities of an ev for me.
I drive a 4wd diesel ute mostly. I use it as a car for 90% of the time, i.e. drive on bitumen roads to work, shopping, Bunnings etc. I live on a few acres so I'm always carting something around in the back hence why I have a ute.
I also spend a bit of time in the bush dirt bike riding, camping and walking. So while I don't use my ute for the snotty stuff or deep river crossings, I do use it as an all rounder. Also, I tow cars on a car trailer several times a year.
I do about 15000k a year. On the highway that ute has a range of about 700k. Just last week I spent some time in the Flinders Ranges and the Gawler ranges camping so I need that type of vehicle for that outback type of work.
Practicality ? 4 hours to charge up ? Is that from empty ?
You mean overnight 4 hours where it tops up. ? The thing will always be full of fuel ! Seriously, how often do you do more than 600-700 ks in a day ? And how often do you do that without stopping at all ?
When I think about how often I fill up my ute, it is often once a week or so after I have been running around and then I might be going to do a couple of hundred ks in a day. If it was topped up every night, the only time I would need to go to a servo is when I was on a long trip where I had used all it's range. Otherwise I would never have to go to a servo again.
One things for sure, when I buy an ev it will have a wireless charger or a self plugin so that when it is parked at my house it will always be on charge. It will always be full when I go to drive it.
Think about that.
Anyway, clearly I'm not an inner city, latte sipping,hipster that can walk 500m to work.
In my post the other day I reflected on how long it would be before I needed to replace that ute and what I would replace it with. Only a year ago I predicted it would 10 years before someone made a 4wd ute with suitable range. Given the more recent developments with evs, particularly with ones like the Rivian but also the fact that Ford is testing an electric F150 right now as is Tesla, VW, Volvo etc, I have revised my view to it will be less than 5 years before there is an affordable, practical 4wd electric ute that will be suitable for me and thousands of other ute owners.
So, while I don't pretend that my level of practicality is the same of yours, it is far from the average. However, I notice you are still stubbornly avoiding the question.
Do you think that evs, provided they were cheap enough, would be suitable for the majority of the population today ?
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