Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save...
by CydeWeys on Friday March 16, 2018 @09:57AM
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This scenario seems contrived to me. You'd have to have an emergency immediately upon the termination of a trip during which you'd completely exhausted your battery.
You can run out of gas in an ICE car too, and then it's even worse because you need to go track down a gas can instead of plugging in. The simple solution, of course, is to never fly that close to the Sun.
Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save...
by manmal on Friday March 16, 2018 @12:56PM
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With a gasoline car, you can in most cases drive to the next gas station, and get enough fuel to get to the hospital within 1-2m. With an EV, you have to wait. Did I overlook something?
The scenario of an empty EV battery is not that unlikely. Eg you forgot to charge when you returned.
Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save...
by gambiting on Friday March 16, 2018 @04:59AM
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In an emergency, you surely call an ambulance, not drive yourself.
Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save...
by TomMarius on Friday March 16, 2018 @05:13AM
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Not really. Where I am that'd take at least double the time. Depends on what kind of emergency it is, of course, I'd not move someone with spinal injury, but if my girlfriend is feeling terribly sick, I'd rather drive her (that's an actual real life example that happened to me).
Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save...
by zentiggr on Friday March 16, 2018 @10:41AM
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Depending on your insurance, ambulance and emergency charges can be either rather high copay or only % covered, and are NEVER cheap on their face.
My wife drove me to the emergency room on a 3am Sunday morning when I felt like someone was pushing a golf ball out through my ribs and I had my gall bladder out that week. $750 copay for ambulance service.
Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save...
by gambiting on Friday March 16, 2018 @11:16AM
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I am aware that the ambulance is not free in the US, but it's quite hard to comprehend I guess. Especially in an emergency, I wouldn't think of anything other than calling one, driving to hospital myself wouldn't even cross my mind.
Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save...
by jandrese on Friday March 16, 2018 @02:58PM
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Yes, but you're talking about a maybe once in a lifetime event here (need to rush to the hospital, but you just got home with your EV on 1% battery). Just eat the ambulance bill and curse your bad luck.
Or less gloomy: In between appointments, you drive home to charge. Do you want to come 15m late just because your pipe is too weak?
Big pipe = freedom.