Re:Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working
by kjkjadksj on Friday November 03, 2023 @11:26AM
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The elephant in the room is a gas station operates nothing like what is required for fast charging. Gas station is like 2 minutes of your time then the next customer pulls in after you. Chargers demand longer periods of time. More space is therefore required to charge the same number of cars fueled by a gas station.
The petroleum industry did just fine without government funding the building of gas stations. It took over 10 years from the introduction of the model T until gasoline outsold kerosene in this country. Not the best metric to compare against, just saying that these things take time.
The mainstreaming of EVs is coming. It's just taking more time than early adopters would like. Part of the problem is that many early adopters assumed that their EVs we're shiny and perfect like their Apple products, etc. So there's frustration that things aren't as glossy and simple as they'd like.
The market is working correctly. Demand for EVs isn't there. Give it time. Maybe a decade or two. And most cars will be EVs.