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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It won't matter what stupid, short sighted Trump voters think in regard to fracking, coal and domestic oil production in general soon. Solid state batteries promise 3 times the energy capacity that currently powers most electric cars (ie range of over 400 miles), weather protection from -50 to 150 degrees, non-combustibility, non-corrosive leaching like with liquid batteries, and minutes or seconds of required charging rather than hours. https://news.utexas.edu/2017/02/28/goodenough-introduces-new-battery-technology

Toyota has just noted they'll release a solid state battery car with two years, Volvo said their going all electric by 2019. We'll also start to see short trip autonomous electric driverless airplanes and cars soon. Basically, the writing is on the wall for oil. Of course you'll still see gas car for the next 20 years, but electric tech is ramping up so quickly every manufacturer wants a piece. You idiots who are all about drill baby drill just don't read enough. That's your problem. That and your support for an absolutely inept, toddler with a small hands complex.[/quote]

That's when you get my buy-in.  If I'm driving up to Cape Cod, for instance, I have no desire to spend hours at rest stops charging my car. Even at 15 minute charge per 200 miles now, there would have to be a hell of a large amount of charging stations. Even with no wait to charge, you are adding almost 3/4 hour to my trip, just to charge. I have a truck and can get up to the Cape by only filling the tank once along the way. [/quote]

Eventually you will go to a charging station to swap your battery out for a charged one, not sit there and charge your car.  That’s the model Tesla is working towards at least.[/quote]

I've heard that but the question is, who's doing it? In NJ, you can't pump your own gas. As a result, the lines are always long at the rest areas and it takes over 1/2 hour in line to get gas, due to slow worker performance. In addition? I'm relying on an attendant to change my battery properly and get back onto the road? Not sure how comfortable I am with that.[/quote]

Uh, ok?  You obviously have reservations about a technology that hasn’t even appeared yet.  Are you at a high level at one of these companies or something?  Because the world is going to move on without your approval.  You can buy gas cars for as long as they’re available.  [/quote]

My guess is you are mostly a city/burbs driver. Ever driven from LA to Phoenix where you are 90 miles between exits?  How about through parts of Utah, New Mexico or Texas?  Alaskan Highway drive?  No so convenient to charge now. [/quote]

Obviously electric cars are not great for long trips.  Most people do not have to drive more than 30 miles per day.  I grew up in a rural area and we could reach all the places we needed within 40 miles.  Which a car with a 240 mile range can handle.  My husband actually works in several sites throughout Maryland and is able to take the electric car to all of them.  It has saved us a lot in gas $$$.[/quote]

Though I bet he could have bought an older diesel VW and gotten 50+mpg, or a really old honda/geo and gotten in the 60's![/quote]

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