Definitely agree that for many people this will be the case, but for people who live in apartments or units without access to convenient charging facilities this new tech, if it scales, would still be quite useful. We do a 300km round trip drive a few times a month, and 150km round trip every day. Once per week we have a 200km round trip drive. Until 2 months ago we did not live in a place that had an external powerpoint anywhere near our allocated carpark and our workplace does not have any charging facilities. 10min charge every couple of days would still have been very doable. In our current place we could go for a current gen ev, if we had the cash, because we actually have a garage- but plenty of people do not.
Totally agree that expanding out public transport and making it affordable would absolutely be the best option and doesn’t rely on technology we don’t already have though. In our last place we technically could have replaced that daily 150km round trip with a 1hr train + 30mins walking each way, but even ignoring the fact that it was a much slower option, it was also more expensive even accounting for fuel, maintenance, insurance and rego on our car. If politicians wanted an easy environmental win they would subsidise public transport and make it more accessible.
Definitely agree that for many people this will be the case, but for people who live in apartments or units without access to convenient charging facilities this new tech, if it scales, would still be quite useful. We do a 300km round trip drive a few times a month, and 150km round trip every day. Once per week we have a 200km round trip drive. Until 2 months ago we did not live in a place that had an external powerpoint anywhere near our allocated carpark and our workplace does not have any charging facilities. 10min charge every couple of days would still have been very doable. In our current place we could go for a current gen ev, if we had the cash, because we actually have a garage- but plenty of people do not.
Totally agree that expanding out public transport and making it affordable would absolutely be the best option and doesn’t rely on technology we don’t already have though. In our last place we technically could have replaced that daily 150km round trip with a 1hr train + 30mins walking each way, but even ignoring the fact that it was a much slower option, it was also more expensive even accounting for fuel, maintenance, insurance and rego on our car. If politicians wanted an easy environmental win they would subsidise public transport and make it more accessible.