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22/07/16
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Originally posted by acorn
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Unfortunately we don't have ranges of 600+ , hence my point .
The trouble with range anxiety is the perception rather than the fact . That is , people think it's worse than it really is . There have been studies done that identify range anxiety as one of the main reasons why people won't buy an electric car according to Tesla .
Considering that people buying an electric car are committing to a new technology , it is fair to think that they will commit to managing its battery in a different way to a petrol car .
One of the other industry changes that I expect to come along with this is the home charger . I wouldn't be surprised if electric car manufacturers supply an automatic contactless home charger with each new car as a bit of a marketing incentive . Most likely in a deal underwritten by an energy distributor . I'm sure the smart home of the future will have a charger as standard .
In order to get the general public to accept a new technology it needs to be easy and reliable . So if your electric car self charges so that you should never get caught out that would be an important selling point . If it also can tell you where the nearest carpark/charging point is that would be helpful as well .
I hardly use my phone but I generally charge it every night out of habit . It only seems sensible to me that if I'm not using it , it may as well be on charge . I use a contactless charger . Not much point having a phone it if I can't use it because the battery is flat .
Same goes with a car . My fossil fuel cars sit there for days ( or weeks ) full of fuel . Theoretically I should keep them almost empty and save the money but I value my time and the convenience of their availability so I make sure they are fueled up .
So to the electric car . If it's sitting in my garage or a carpark for 20+ hours a day it makes sense to have it on charge . Maybe it doesn't need to be a 100% but if it's sitting where there is an automatic charger that might make use of off peak electricity then it seems a bit silly not to utilise in my view .
There is also the use of the car's battery as a power source at home as well . It is already been mooted by industry that the extra storage of the car battery might be used to flatten the peak periods of morning and night . Whether it actually happens who knows but there is no doubt that if at some point in the future everyone has an electric car it adds up to a serious amount of electricity that could be utilised .
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The Tesla's can actually do 500km now...
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/tesla-model-s-300-mile-range/
Why would you go to the trouble of finding a charging station if you are only using 100km or so of range per day? We don't fill up our petrol tanks every day.