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[–] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Rented a Tesla this summer for a trip with my family- where I was in Michigan, the nearest superchargers were in the lot at Meijers (a regional supermarket chain), which made sense for Meijers (there's already a big lot there, already infra, it's a place you can tie fueling up with getting groceries) but it meant I had to drive half an hour to shop instead of going to the local market.

My thought is that they should be planting superchargers (or their functional equivalent) in every store or restaurant parking lot because when the only place to get a charge is in the next county over, that's directing EV drivers there and not local

Yeah, it'll cost something to build out infra to support that much power but honestly the US grid needs the upgrades anyhow- and if anything, electricity is relatively cheap compared to buying gas

[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it’ll cost something to build out infra to support that much power but honestly the US grid needs the upgrades anyhow- and if anything, electricity is relatively cheap compared to buying gas

It's a good thing that Inflation Reduction Act Biden got passed includes a crapton of money to help businesses pay for chargers and other infrastructure, eh?

[–] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. If that keeps money in small towns and going into small businesses vs. big-box chain stores, it's well-spent. Especially if it means your transport fuel dollar isn't funding fossil energy(?)

At the moment, Michigan sources about 2/3rds of its electrical power from coal or natural gas but wind and nuclear are a growing piece of that. Where I live, in WA, most of our electricity is Hydro (and it's cheap, at ~10¢/kWh). Also, fueling up on electricity (even in MI, where electricity is ~19 ¢/kWh) was pretty cheap compared to gasoline.

I think if we don't put those in local, small-town small-business lots everywhere it'll be bad for small businesses, small towns, and in marginal ways, for the environment.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Okay, but who is building the vast energy grid infrastructure required to move the gargantuan amounts of electricity that will be required once all vehicles make the switch?

I'm all for it, but I don't hear anybody talking about the huge national grid upgrades that will be required, or who's going to pay for it all, or how many years it'll take to get done.

Everyone seems to talk about building more chargers, but not going any further than that.

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[–] riceandbeans161@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

this is a reminder that EVs are here to save the car industry, not our lives.

wish they’d invest in public transport.

[–] kiranraine@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I could say the same for it over here in the states bc geezus. Esp as someone who absolutely hates driving bc of audhd and so many other reasons. Not to mention everything is so far away when I need it and shopping online isn't always ideal(and I'm still wary of buying certain things online....)

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