As a country, we have a major educational challenge in front of us. Because of a number of reasons, included the current super elevated gas prices, we are facing a significant shift in the number of people interested in EVs. At first blush, this is a very good thing, however, if we do not start educating the general public on the need to buy EVs based on their anticipated range needs, we are going to see a major shift of opinion against EVs. Most EVs, even with modest range potential, will be great for the day-to-day transportation needs. That is: drive to work or the store or the golf course, drive home and plug in. Repeating this each day works very well. However, given our history with gas fueled vehicles, we just think we can hop into any EV that we use day to day and drive over to grandma’s house in the next state. Well, we can do that but…
The problem is most EVs have limited range and do not charge rapidly. Most do not charge up to 300 miles in 21 minutes the way the Lucid does. Therefore, those people who will take their day-to-day EV on longer trips, will have to charged often and they will have to spend a lot of time waiting for their EV to be charged enough so they can drive on to the next charging station. This scenario will not go over well with a society used to driving for 3 to 4 hours, going 200 to 300 miles and then spending 10 minutes at a gas pump and then continue on.
If you don’t buy into this thought, then just read this article about a reporter who was anxious to drive an EV so she rent it and drove from NO to Chi and back. She rented the wonderful Kia E6 with 310 miles of range and ended up spending more time at charging stations then she slept during the trip. In the end, she longed for her gas guzzler. It is an amusing but sad story and offers a glimmer into what the uneducated, high expectation public will be going through….
To read the article, just click HERE.
The problem is most EVs have limited range and do not charge rapidly. Most do not charge up to 300 miles in 21 minutes the way the Lucid does. Therefore, those people who will take their day-to-day EV on longer trips, will have to charged often and they will have to spend a lot of time waiting for their EV to be charged enough so they can drive on to the next charging station. This scenario will not go over well with a society used to driving for 3 to 4 hours, going 200 to 300 miles and then spending 10 minutes at a gas pump and then continue on.
If you don’t buy into this thought, then just read this article about a reporter who was anxious to drive an EV so she rent it and drove from NO to Chi and back. She rented the wonderful Kia E6 with 310 miles of range and ended up spending more time at charging stations then she slept during the trip. In the end, she longed for her gas guzzler. It is an amusing but sad story and offers a glimmer into what the uneducated, high expectation public will be going through….
To read the article, just click HERE.