To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM is limited to 55MPH

Re:To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM i... by t-3 on Saturday March 12, 2022 @04:36AM (#30650230)

> And keeps regular people from affording an EV truck.

It's unlikely that many normal people will be able charge an EV, even if they can afford one. About 1/3 of houses lack a garage, and I highly doubt that apartments will offer chargers in their lots. Electrical generation may be an issue if large numbers of EVs are being charged every night. Lower repairability and the large costs associated with battery packs mean the used market won't be large. It's going to be very hard to live outside the city.

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Re:To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM i... by ThatPlayer on Saturday March 12, 2022 @05:42AM (#30650488)

I don't think being charged at night is an issue when electricity use typically drops at night. Some searching shows that peak usage in the summers is about 2x the usage at 3-4 am: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=42915 . You can also see this reflected in Time Of Use (TOU) plans power companies are switching to that de-incentivize electricity use during peak hours. For me this ends at 9pm, and my car (and my charger) already support delaying charging times to when prices are lower.

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Re:To avoid Finland’s tax a 1,000HP imported Hennessey RAM i... by giantg2 on Saturday March 12, 2022 @05:50AM (#30650516)

For a small number of cars, that's true. I wonder what that will look like as more of the grid switches to renewable, including solar, and adoption of EVs exceeds 50% of vehicles on the road.

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