cliveb wrote: > We have all grown up expecting to pull into a filling station and be on > our way in a few minutes. So the paradigm shift needed for electric cars > to become mainstream is the discovery of some way to recharge them very > quickly.....[] > > In the meantime, electric cars will be limited to things like commuting > and shopping.
Whilst agreeing with the points you raise, I don't agree that this leaves electric cars as a sideshow. The Tesla supercharger network genuinely means you can grab a coffee and cake and get a 150-200 mile range boost while you wait. Yes it's not instant but nor is it Nissan Leaf 8hrs charge either. It's also free, as a nice sweetener.. (I believe the Tesla S P90 battery pack is 90KWh btw, the model number designates battery capacity.) Currently there's really only Tesla making a properly viable all electric car. The others are token effort commuter/shopping carts. Nissan will even loan you a petrol/diesel car for up to two weeks per year *for free* if you want to take a longer journey, so they totally acknowledge this... Fuel cells and/or hot swap batteries would be a great concept, but we're a way off either of those being on the road. Just getting to the point of having ONE standard motorway fast charger would be good enough and they can't even agree on that... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105775 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
