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Re:The United States Is Now the Largest Global Crude Oil Pro... by maxerickson on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @06:52PM (#17974242)
You can just fill a can with gas and bring it to the car.

(this is what a tow service will do if you've only run out of gas)

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Re:The United States Is Now the Largest Global Crude Oil Pro... by headmelted on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @11:14PM (#17975680)
Yes, but I ignored that because it didn't support my argument. And you caught me!

You're right of course, although I still maintain plugging the car into a wall socket for an hour is easy to do almost anywhere - realistically this would get enough charge for most people to get to a charger (in my case it would get me to a rapid which would top up the rest of the battery in another 25 minutes).

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Re:The United States Is Now the Largest Global Crude Oil Pro... by BrandonMarc on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:21PM (#18019258)
I wonder if the day will come soon when tow trucks feature inverters and outlets as a standard feature, in order to help "gas up" a stranded (electric) motorist.
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Re:The United States Is Now the Largest Global Crude Oil Pro... by gascan on Thursday September 13, 2018 @11:27AM (#17979353)
One could pretty easily imagine tow trucks carrying around a 1kWh battery with some standard DC connector, and that would get you a couple miles.

A 1kWh battery is not big; e-bicycles carry ~500Wh.

Would be literally the electric equivalent of a gas can.

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