finman100 said:
Yep, that is an unsolvable problem with no answers whatsoever. very humorous. <sarcasm off>
Sure, they're solvable, but only over a period of decades.
finman100 said:
1st solution: go charge at a QC station for 15 minutes. You know, 10 minutes more than a fabled FCV fill.
Which assumes that there is a QC nearby (I have one within walking distance). Of course, that QC costs far more than just buying gas (as does H2 at the moment in the U.S., but the auto companies are picking up the tab), so that's not going to convince anyone not motivated by ideology to switch from fossil fuels. And 15 minutes at a QC gives you 35-50 miles of range (SCs do better), versus 250 or 300 miles for that 5 minute H2 fill, so the total fueling/charging times per week are far more favorable for H2 (or any liquid fuel).
finman100 said:
2nd solution: Investigate workplace charging.
Not available for me or most people, even here in EV central, although it's certainly a good idea over the long term. But even if such installations are made mandatory, for all new construction at least, it will still take decades to provide a significant % of the fleet need. In the Bay Area, if you work in the tech industry for a major company, you're probably covered, but not many other job sites are likely to have charging (or any need).
finman100 said:
3rd solution: Actively invite property owners to install at minimum an outlet to charge from. Arrange payments accordingly.
You can
invite them all you want, but unless you make it worth their while (how?), very few will do so. Just as an example of the scale needed, see page 55 showing the percentage of European multi-family dwellings by country in the housing stock, and page 60, which shows the total numbers: http://www.bmwfw.gv.at/Wirtschaftspolitik/Wohnungspolitik/Documents/housing_statistics_in_the_european_union_2010.pdf
Again, requiring all new construction to be so fitted will take decades to have a significant effect (see page 54 above for the age of the housing stock). And that ignores security, liability and obsolescence issues. If you just provide a receptacle, it needs to be in a locked, weather proof box, so people can't steal the electricity (assuming you don't have a secure garage), and there needs to be some way to bill for it. Furthermore, you invite theft of your plug-in EVSE - even assuming that the price comes down to say $100 due to mass production, that's still worth stealing by any low life who needs some quick cash. Providing a permanently attached EVSE ups the cost to the building owner, and just means the copper thieves will be stealing the property owner's property instead of yours.
Built-in inductive charging is the most secure, weatherproof system, but it's still going to cost more and at the moment there isn't yet a single standard, so you face compatibility/obsolescence issues. H2 has a single world-wide standard, with little need to improve as it already achieves near liquid-fuel fill times. Of course, if H2 storage goes over to low-pressure (hydrides or nano-tube), there might be an issue, although there seems to be little reason why you'd need to change the connector; just lower the service pressure (saving energy no longer needed for compression).
finman100 said:
4th solution: dont buy an EV expecting to charge from a 4th story building. Jesus, that is just sad that people are stupid.
That's pretty much what I'm saying, except that I'd change that to read don't buy a BEV/PHEV without guaranteed practical home charging, and buy an FCEV instead if there's a H2 station conveniently located (and the price is equal or less than gas). Which will likely be the easiest and most common situation for decades in Europe and Asia, because you can just add the H2 capability onto gas stations, and eventually convert them over entirely to H2. Always assuming the price comes down enough, but in Europe it appears they're already there, at least for gas-powered ICEs. H2 prices will only come down with scale, but so far at least, it doesn't appear that public charging can benefit in the same way.
finman100 said:
5th solution: just get a Mirage (sorry Mirai) and return to old fuel-guzzling ways. But 'greener'. <again, sarcasm off> YMMV
Your fourth and fifth solutions are effectively the same, and make my point.