We need to build solar until it meets 100% of the needs on the shortest and cloudiest of day of the year (region wide) Batteries to get us through the night. Nuclear and wind as a hedge.
Use all the excess generated throughout the year to desalinate water or turn fans on carbon capture...
If I recall you live in California, which you would think is more EV friendly. That sucks. I think that is because you get state incentives at purchase. So maybe when the incentives go away they will make the registration fees just cover the road maintenance. Incentives really...
The USA is more oil independant than ever. That is a fact. While Kamala Harris won't ban fracking to keep this momentum and cost/inflation down, she also knows that market forces is going to take over and she won't need to. The market will ban fracking by itself because the tipping point is...
Yes EV wear the road and need to pay their share. Right now they are heavier due to the battery and should pay for that extra weight. Maybe they will weigh the same in 5 years. I think we all need to get charged by the metric ton - KM some how. This will encourage smaller more efficient...
negatory - the opposite. FUD won't matter. Economics is going to take over. The CT at 500 mile range and $70,000 will speak for itself. We are so close.
Hopefully administrator can view this as an investor post rather than a political rant.
After about 350 Whr/Kg @ $80 per kWhr it is game over ICE and game over hydrocarbons. We are so close and Tesla knows it.
We don't need to ban coal. With the low cost of solar and wind and now stationary...
I hate to see layoffs but Elon may be right. With faster charging speed people on trips will use convenience store chargers or converted gas stations. They are coming. And remember at build our EVs will only require 60% of the nozzles.
I don't think Elon was opposed to the original round of EV tax incentives. It allowed Tesla to reach critical mass and build out the supercharging network. This would have been virtually impossible without the government. Now that BEV is near price parity with ICE I would be fine...
I think you are about right. I plan to take advantage of a $100 dip. I have played the dip a couple of times, but not to the extent that I plan to. I am no selling my pre 2018 holdings though.
I am probably affecting the market right now and should shut up. :)
My RT commute is 62 miles. My lfp M3 likes charging to 100%. I charge every 2nd. Sometimes 3rd day. I try to change off peak even though there isn't an incentive to do so. Without a home charger I would hate my EV experience.
I just looked it up. There are 278 million passenger/light trucks registered. We will need a ratio of 1/3 or 1/4. Chargers per EV I am guessing. Superchargers are the problem more is not the solution.
I just crossed 6000 mile on my M3 and have only super charged once for 7 minutes. I am lucky I can charge at home. The key is level 2 chargers anywhere someone can park for 4 hours. We need millions of them . Then adapters can easily be used.
Then superchargers won't get...
I bought a J1772 to Tesla charger adapter for $100
I wonder what the financials would look like to just give out a tax credit for purchasing CCS adapters for anyone that needs one vs putting CCS charge cords on xx charge stations then swapping them over to Tesla NASC after 10? years.
As a...
Thanks for the info. i guess $.01 is 10% of $.10 per kWhr So not too bad. Smart work place chargers are key to the next wave of EV adoption and grid stability.