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Originally Posted by HunterGreene
Look at it this way--there are a decent amount of Nissan Leafs and Teslas on the road now that if people were having issues with charge, you would be seeing them off to the side of the road fairly often. I haven't seen one at the side of the road yet, other than in parking spaces--have you?
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Not sure I buy that argument. All it really means is people adjust and live within the limits of the range of their vehicles. No one that owns a Tesla is going to drive it from Key West, Florida to Nome, Alaska without first preplanning their charging route. A "gasser" would just get in their car and go. Both would get there, but if the Tesla driver didn't preplan there would be a lot of range anxiety on the trip.
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Originally Posted by HunterGreene
The issue here is that this advent of automotive technology (EVs, fuel cells, etc.) needs to happen. Oil will not be here forever, no matter how conservative or efficient we become in using it. Its better to get ahead of the problem then to deal with a global oil crisis when the final supplies are tapped and we are looking at $200+ USD per barrel.
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I do agree with this, we need an alternative fuel. I'm a bigger fan of fuel cells than EVs but eventually one or more will take over. I'm thinking its more likely to become a multi-fuel system similar to what we have with diesel and gas now. The service station business will adopt whatever fuel is needed in sufficient quantities to be profitable.
The infrastructure does need to be brand agnostic though. Tesla building super-chargers that only work with Tesla vehicles will have minimal impact in moving the needle. Not sure that's what Tesla is doing because frankly the vehicles don't interest me beyond a passing curiosity.