US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save them

Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save... by CydeWeys on Friday March 16, 2018 @09:57AM (#16600640)

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.

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Re:US utilities have finally realized electric cars may save... by manmal on Friday March 16, 2018 @12:56PM (#16601995)

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.

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