My only comment is about range… If there’s no other (online) charging within range of where you’re going, and you HAVE to charge to 100% to get to the nearest one, then…
Shell has committed to becoming a net zero emissions business by 2050 or sooner, in step with society, and to operating 500,000 chargers globally by 2025. As Shell Recharge Solutions, the company will bring the EV charging expertise and solutions that will help ensure delivery on these transformative commitments and accelerate continued expansion of electric mobility in North America.
If you need to go above 90% to get to your destination, the likelihood of there not being an online Supercharger on the way to your destination is almost 0% these days. The network is extremely dense, and also extremely reliable.
And in those exceptionally rare circumstances where that’s not the case, you just have to spend a few extra bucks.
Tell me you live near one of the coasts without telling me you live near one of the coasts.
FWIW, there are plenty of places in the country where this is true. But once you get, say, a few hundred miles east of the Pacific Ocean, things can get significantly worse.
I took a trip this morning that didn’t have a single charger above 50kw for a 196 mile stretch. We’ve got another semi-frequent road trip route that’s 260 miles between DCFC locations.
I’m in favor of this in principle, and things are definitely getting better, but there are still places where charging to 100% is gonna be a requirement, especially in winters when many of those places overlap with “places with quite cold winters.”
My only comment is about range… If there’s no other (online) charging within range of where you’re going, and you HAVE to charge to 100% to get to the nearest one, then…
the US doesn’t have charing networks like other places. it’s not a hard problem to solve. Tesla is not the only player.
Buc-ee’s and Mercedes-Benz partner to create new electric vehicle charging network
https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2023/11/17/new-ev-changing-network-coming-to-buc-ees-after-deal-with-mercedes/71611203007/
https://shellrecharge.com/en-us/solutions/news/ev-charging-solutions-leader-greenlots-to-become-shell-recharge-solutions
Shell has committed to becoming a net zero emissions business by 2050 or sooner, in step with society, and to operating 500,000 chargers globally by 2025. As Shell Recharge Solutions, the company will bring the EV charging expertise and solutions that will help ensure delivery on these transformative commitments and accelerate continued expansion of electric mobility in North America.
If you need to go above 90% to get to your destination, the likelihood of there not being an online Supercharger on the way to your destination is almost 0% these days. The network is extremely dense, and also extremely reliable.
And in those exceptionally rare circumstances where that’s not the case, you just have to spend a few extra bucks.
Tell me you live near one of the coasts without telling me you live near one of the coasts.
FWIW, there are plenty of places in the country where this is true. But once you get, say, a few hundred miles east of the Pacific Ocean, things can get significantly worse.
I took a trip this morning that didn’t have a single charger above 50kw for a 196 mile stretch. We’ve got another semi-frequent road trip route that’s 260 miles between DCFC locations.
I’m in favor of this in principle, and things are definitely getting better, but there are still places where charging to 100% is gonna be a requirement, especially in winters when many of those places overlap with “places with quite cold winters.”