EU vote to ban all sales of combustion engine vehicles by 2035

Re:EU vote to ban all sales of combustion engine vehicles by... by adrianN on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @01:33AM (#31735103)

You can also do that trip in an electric car in a day. That's at least a 12 hour drive. Stopping at a charger for fifteen minutes can be done as part of the breaks you need to take anyway to drive safely and doesn't increase you travelime meaningfully.

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Re:EU vote to ban all sales of combustion engine vehicles by... by koonsolo on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:10AM (#31735681)

I hope the ranges will still drastically increase. I need a big car, and I was already looking at the Mercedes EQV. It currently has an official range of 363 km. So that would mean 4 stops. But I have no idea how much you can charge in 15 minutes. During lunch I could probably do 30 minutes.

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Re:EU vote to ban all sales of combustion engine vehicles by... by adrianN on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:22AM (#31735770)

If you start full and arrive nearly empty you need to charge about 900km. The EQV charges at 5-7km/min@110kW so you need to charge for two to three hours during your trip. So you'd need only slightly longer than in a fossil car if you take the recommended ten minute breaks every hour of driving. (Given the charger network is sufficiently dense, which it currently isn't I suppose). There are already cars that charge at higher rates than 110kW. Teslas for example charge around 300km range in fifteen minutes at a supercharger.

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