Originally posted by Obioban
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Good news for the Gordon Murray fans-- we registered a forum for his upcoming Cayman competitor :P
(which I will be buying if it actually comes out)
Not sure what you think they're not getting right-- current EVs, in their current form, make for a vastly better DD experience for anyone that can charge where they live. Barely any upkeep (tires, washer fluid), much more convenient (charge at home instead of going to the gas station), can't be neglected, don't need to warm up before being driven in earnest, quiet. Outside of the Nissan Leaf (which, uniquely, had no thermal management for its battery), we've seen it pan out that batteries are good for at least a decade (only that far has been proven because that's how long they've been on the road-- not because they're failing at that point) and hundreds of thousands of miles.
The infrastructure is a super easy fix. Have power cost different amounts at different times of day. Have it be cheapest from, say, midnight to 5am. People are then incentivized to charge their cars in those hours, when there's very little other demand on the grid. Every EV that I know of can already be set to charge within specific hours. Zero hardware change required for the grid or infrastructure, problem solved
(which I will be buying if it actually comes out)
Not sure what you think they're not getting right-- current EVs, in their current form, make for a vastly better DD experience for anyone that can charge where they live. Barely any upkeep (tires, washer fluid), much more convenient (charge at home instead of going to the gas station), can't be neglected, don't need to warm up before being driven in earnest, quiet. Outside of the Nissan Leaf (which, uniquely, had no thermal management for its battery), we've seen it pan out that batteries are good for at least a decade (only that far has been proven because that's how long they've been on the road-- not because they're failing at that point) and hundreds of thousands of miles.
The infrastructure is a super easy fix. Have power cost different amounts at different times of day. Have it be cheapest from, say, midnight to 5am. People are then incentivized to charge their cars in those hours, when there's very little other demand on the grid. Every EV that I know of can already be set to charge within specific hours. Zero hardware change required for the grid or infrastructure, problem solved
its a great car, for the money if not ugly. boy is it ugly.
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