TomHuffman
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I can't speak to what Nissan intends. However, if they intend to offer a product that will never serve anything beyond a small, niche market, then not much needs to be done beyond what they are doing now.RonDawg said:TomHuffman said:What it would NOT solve is the problem of your neighbor who wants to drive to San Francisco, rather than Disneyland. For that drive you need a couple of rural quick chargers on the I5.
Nissan has never intended the Leaf to replace 100% of your driving needs. Most of the EV manufacturers don't with their battery electrics. Tesla is the only one.
Even if someone comes up with an affordable BEV with a realistic 200 mile range, most people don't want to sit there for a half-hour or an hour to quick charge the battery. Gassing up only takes a few minutes so one pump can service a lot of people per hour. You'd need a LOT of QC stations to service the same number of people per hour simply because of the wait time involved.
My personal take is that the pure electric car will not fully replace ICEVs in the next 50 years. I think plug-in hybrids and BEVs with range-extender options becoming the majority of vehicles will be as close as we get to that.
For a 500-mile day, you would only have to stop and charge twice. I don't think most folks would perceive that as burdensome, especially when doing so allows one to travel at substantially lower cost than a gasoline trip would require. Also, you don't have to match gasoline stations one-for-one. The market penetration of EVs will likely be slow process over many, many years. We have plenty of time to expand the charging infrastructure as required.