General Car Conversation 2024 - part 1
#5521
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It is times like what we have right now (extreme hot or cold temperatures) that will really test the system, as power-demand for heating/cooling homes and businesses will also drain the capacity. We may not be able to do that and recharge millions of EVs at the same time.
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#5522
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If we don't get cracking with a serious increase in the number of recharging-stations for people who don't have them at home, AND a serious increase in power-generating capacity to back up those recharging stations, that 20% is going to be sitting at home, with dead batteries, rather than on the road.
It is times like what we have right now (extreme hot or cold temperatures) that will really test the system, as power-demand for heating/cooling homes and businesses will also drain the capacity. We may not be able to do that and recharge millions of EVs at the same time.
It is times like what we have right now (extreme hot or cold temperatures) that will really test the system, as power-demand for heating/cooling homes and businesses will also drain the capacity. We may not be able to do that and recharge millions of EVs at the same time.
Think about the demands on the electrical grid we have today vs what we had 20 years ago, or 40 years ago. It will continue to adapt and be improved to meet the needs of the population as it always has.
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#5523
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but overall power consumption continues to skyrocket due to population growth, electric cars, data centers, industrial use. and power companies and consumers are adapting and expanding availability as you say.
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#5524
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There's definitely still localized grid demand issues. I get harrassing texts every summer from NV Energy telling me to shut my AC off so they can send power to ease California's overstressed grid.
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are your 9 year olds also 'horrified' at anything plastic, or concrete, or you know, fertilizer used in food production, becuase that all comes from fossil fuels too.
i do agree that the evidence is clear that ev sales continue to grow, just maybe not at the rate all car makers expected, but market will do what it does, supply and demand.
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These things are both absolutely coming. There is a ton of money being invested in this infrastructure as we speak.
Think about the demands on the electrical grid we have today vs what we had 20 years ago, or 40 years ago. It will continue to adapt and be improved to meet the needs of the population as it always has.
Think about the demands on the electrical grid we have today vs what we had 20 years ago, or 40 years ago. It will continue to adapt and be improved to meet the needs of the population as it always has.
You saw what happened in Texas a couple years ago....and what a massive disaster that power-failure was.
My kids are 9, they are HORRIFIED that I bought an ICE car. They personally want an EV and that’s all they want. All their friends are the same. They are the consumers of the future.
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i assume that comes from 'education' at school... 'climate change', evils of fossil fuels, etc.
are your 9 year olds also 'horrified' at anything plastic, or concrete, or you know, fertilizer used in food production, becuase that all comes from fossil fuels too.
i do agree that the evidence is clear that ev sales continue to grow, just maybe not at the rate all car makers expected, but market will do what it does, supply and demand.
are your 9 year olds also 'horrified' at anything plastic, or concrete, or you know, fertilizer used in food production, becuase that all comes from fossil fuels too.
i do agree that the evidence is clear that ev sales continue to grow, just maybe not at the rate all car makers expected, but market will do what it does, supply and demand.
Seems to be not happening now though right? Because things have been upgraded.
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#5533
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I am not ready for an EV and I don’t care for the local and state mandates. There is some peer pressure to get an EV because I work for the EV division of a big oil company but we call ourselves an energy company. If I get an IS500, there will be side eye. If I show up at HQ, they will never know, but at the innovation center, everyone will see it lol.
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#5534
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I am not ready for an EV and I don’t care for the local and state mandates. There is some peer pressure to get an EV because I work for the EV division of a big oil company but we call ourselves an energy company. If I get an IS500, there will be side eye. If I show up at HQ, they will never know, but at the innovation center, everyone will see it lol.
Those kind of job pressures though are nothing new. My Dad drove American cars for a long time because he did business with labor unions and he was afraid a foreign car would alienate them.
Even after he got the LS400 he still took my Explorer when he played golf with them etc.
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