[Tvflguy]

Originally Posted by larbud

By 2035 the mode of transport will camels/horse and buggy…

And THEY will be made in China too.

[Vermilion Villager]

Originally Posted by NoMoSno

Imagine trying to evacuate FL during a hurricane in an EV. Hope there won't be power failures along the way.

Ahh....hate to break this to you....gas pumps need electricity to operate.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Vermilion Villager

Ahh....hate to break this to you....gas pumps need electricity to operate.

Old school hand pump the fuel from ground storage into the glass pump cylinder then gravity feed your car. Or have the storage tanks above ground and straight gravity feed to car.
While I like the image of clean electric vehicles, they are not yet truly that clean or green. Someday, yes, but not yet.

[La lamy]

Apartment buildings are definitely a big issue. I lived in a condominium which was not equipped to provide electric recharging, I can only imagine how unwilling apartment building owners will be to set this up.

[spinner1001]

Originally Posted by Vermilion Villager

Ahh....hate to break this to you....gas pumps need electricity to operate.

Florida law requires certain gas stations to have a generator to power their pumps.

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Power loss generally occurs after a storm arrives, not before.

[Blackbird45]

We all know that EVs are presently going to have charging issue, but I believe this will resolve itself faster than you think. Once a financial incentive is put in place. When I was growing up in New York there were parking meters in all shopping area. If the city believes they can make money supplying electricity the same thing will happen and the same with building complexes. Also, you will see electric companies beefing up their capacity. This has nothing to do with saving the earth, this has to do with show me the money.

[spinner1001]

Originally Posted by Badger 2006

If you live in a an apartment complex, and for example you are assigned two outside parking spaces, where exactly are you supposed to charge your electric car in the evening and overnight, so one is able to get to work the next day? Since we're supposed to be all electric in the near future, are charging stations to be mandatory at apartment lots and parking structures?

The hoped-for idea of our leaders is to having a lot of charging done at places of employment and public charging facilities, in addition to homes.

[villageuser]

Presently, EV charging stations are being installed at corporate locations, banks, strip malls, etc etc etc. So, there may not be such a big reliance on every apartment complex having one. Regardless, I don’t see that every apartment renter will be able to have their own charging station, so there’ll be a charging station location with a few outlets. Can you imagine people dropping off their car to charge it and then going home to relax and forgetting about their car, and the next person who wants to charge can’t get in cause you got way laid and didn’t go back to move your car? It’ll have to be organized pretty well, with fines imposed for people who over-stay their charging. Anyhow, there are solutions out there. I’m sure they’ll have to be fine-tuned along the way, but we’ll get there. The thing is to think “how do we make this better”, rather than coming up with all the roadblocks to something happening.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Badger 2006

If you live in a an apartment complex, ..................., where exactly are you supposed to charge your electric car in the evening and overnight, .....................

What is the percentage of apartment renters can afford an electric car???
(a/k/a............Suppy & Demand)

[defrey12]

2035 is a joke. Our entire society, and world, is based on fossil fuels. They cannot institute an iffy fuel source (at best) in a U-Turn pivot in 13 years. NO ONE thought this through. Based on junk science…yes, the world is warming. But not for the reasons expounded by the doomsday crowd. It’s cyclical and happens every 10,000 years or so…we’re just stuck in it. England was once a rain forest. Politics MUST blame someone or something. Back in the 70s they tried the “we’re running out…” cry to get us out of our cars. NOT, and never will…

[richardc1947]

Just wait til you see the rent increase to cover the cost of upgrading the electrical service to provide power to those charging stations. We have a condo back in Tennessee, and one of the units installed a charging station in their carport. The service for both attached units had to be upgraded at a cost of thousands of dollars. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

[defrey12]

Well, that’s just stupid. I have to leave my house to charge my car?! NEVER going to happen! OH! Let’s not forget they have to burn fossil fuels to generate the electricity…solar and wind are still basically “negative sum” systems. And all those supposed charging stations? Whose paying for them? And the electricity coming out of them? I have yet to see a credit card slot. I’ve looked. Oh, the government is taking care that? Are they going to pay my gasoline bill as well?

[fdpaq0580]

I believe that someday the cars will not be powered by batteries, but by induction from underground cables or, perhaps, earth magnetism. Batteries are filthy to produce and dispose of.

[WingedFoot78]

That would make a trip to the west coast interesting.

[Joe C.]

It's ridiculous isn't it?