Welcome to the Hardcore Husky Forums. Folks who are well-known in Cyberland and not that dumb.

The systemic racism of electric vehicles.

SFGbob
SFGbob Member Posts: 33,188
It never stops.

Without access to charging stations, Black and Hispanic communities may be left behind in the era of electric vehicles

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/09/charging-deserts-evs/
«13

Comments

  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,623 Founders Club
    edited December 2021
    I'd be in favor of banning them in this case

    So Cal Edison is rolling out a new plan where they don't want you to use any power between 4PM and 9PM including coming home and charging your car

    The amount of sheer retardation gets to be a bit much at times

    Rather than provide power which is their job they are out to change the world for the worse

    If everyone bought electric cars the Cali grid would be fucked beyond recognition.

    But leftards don't do scale. Iron law
  • Fenderbender123
    Fenderbender123 Member Posts: 2,989
    Forgive me for being way behind the times and not knowing this shit, but do people really have to charge their electric cars at a designated charging station somewhere, instead of at their home? If so, what a massive, deal-breaking inconvenience.
  • 46XiJCAB
    46XiJCAB Member Posts: 20,967
    Charging station deserts.
  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,930 Standard Supporter

    Forgive me for being way behind the times and not knowing this shit, but do people really have to charge their electric cars at a designated charging station somewhere, instead of at their home? If so, what a massive, deal-breaking inconvenience.

    Homeowner can charge at home. Using a standard 110 volt plug it takes between 20-40 hours to charge a depleted battery (depending on the battery size). It takes about a third as long if you can get a 220 volt outlet in your garage. Still pretty inconvenient.
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,591 Standard Supporter
    We’re gonna end up like Cuba driving 2008 Hondas and figuring out how to convert to deep fry oil combustion.
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 38,636 Standard Supporter
    To charge on 220V you need a 70 amp circuit. Most homes won't have room in the electrical panel for that. Also the infrastructure can't handle the additional; load of everyone charging an electric car. There isn't enough electrical generation capascity and the electrical grid from the power plant down to a the house would all have to be rebuilt. All of it! Hell Texas has power and they couldn't heat homes. Nuke up or die.
  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,930 Standard Supporter
    Sledog said:

    To charge on 220V you need a 70 amp circuit. Most homes won't have room in the electrical panel for that. Also the infrastructure can't handle the additional; load of everyone charging an electric car. There isn't enough electrical generation capascity and the electrical grid from the power plant down to a the house would all have to be rebuilt. All of it! Hell Texas has power and they couldn't heat homes. Nuke up or die.

    Can you imagine a five hundred unit apartment complex trying to charge up to 750 electric cars after work (assuming 1.5 cars per apartment). The complex would need its own freaking substation. Of course they don't cost nothing.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,623 Founders Club
    Sledog said:

    To charge on 220V you need a 70 amp circuit. Most homes won't have room in the electrical panel for that. Also the infrastructure can't handle the additional; load of everyone charging an electric car. There isn't enough electrical generation capascity and the electrical grid from the power plant down to a the house would all have to be rebuilt. All of it! Hell Texas has power and they couldn't heat homes. Nuke up or die.

    Leftards don't do scale

    Thought I would dumb it down for them
  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    Do they have whites only charging stations? Why wouldn’t they be able to access charging stations?