The fact that most of the car ads I see these days are for electric vehicles - especially trucks - makes me happy
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What are some other signs you've noticed that signal things are moving in the right direction?
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What are some other signs you've noticed that signal things are moving in the right direction?
Years ago there were few public EV chargers, and even then it was common when I used one that I was the only one there. Today there are many more public EV chargers and and multi-stall chargers, its more rare that I'm the only one charging.
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Years ago there were few public EV chargers, and even then it was common when I used one that I was the only one there. Today there are many more public EV chargers and and multi-stall chargers, its more rare that I'm the only one charging.
I saw this on Mastodon recently. I love the idea of a company that isn't usually associated with energy coming in and beating big oil to the mark.
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I saw this on Mastodon recently. I love the idea of a company that isn't usually associated with energy coming in and beating big oil to the mark.
There is a regional chain of grocery stores in my area that have level 2 and 50Kw level 3 chargers. They give you 1 free hour of level 2 charging per day (per location, I later discovered). At 9.6k charge rate, its not a huge savings, but I almost always use it when I grocery shop and its nice to come out to the car with 5% or 8% charged added.
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There is a regional chain of grocery stores in my area that have level 2 and 50Kw level 3 chargers. They give you 1 free hour of level 2 charging per day (per location, I later discovered). At 9.6k charge rate, its not a huge savings, but I almost always use it when I grocery shop and its nice to come out to the car with 5% or 8% charged added.
beautiful
I wonder if one day it'll be as simple as parking your car and having it wirelessly charge without even thinking about it -
Years ago there were few public EV chargers, and even then it was common when I used one that I was the only one there. Today there are many more public EV chargers and and multi-stall chargers, its more rare that I'm the only one charging.
Even LEGO sets are getting EVSE. Octan has diversified into electric with the OctanE brand.
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What are some other signs you've noticed that signal things are moving in the right direction?
Assuming you’re in the US, though it applies elsewhere, but an energy/transportation revolution would be much nicer. I don’t see much of a point with electric vehicles if that renewable energy is going into businesses and homes anyways - there is no surplus of renewables that electric vehicles can use and claim “net 0.” Most of our electricity is from fossil fuels and yeah renewables reduce that - nice! For now, nuclear is unfortunately too close to home for most people and we are going to struggle more with ineffective alternatives. I think electric vehicles are nice, but they represent a technological feat, not a social one. Technology is much easier to engineer and is thus much less impressive or impactful than a social feat like pushing for nuclear or geothermal.
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beautiful
I wonder if one day it'll be as simple as parking your car and having it wirelessly charge without even thinking about itThere was a company called Wiferion that was bringing this exact product to market. They were bought by Tesla though and nothing has since come out.
There is another company called Witricity that claims to have a product ready in 2025.
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There was a company called Wiferion that was bringing this exact product to market. They were bought by Tesla though and nothing has since come out.
There is another company called Witricity that claims to have a product ready in 2025.
Knowing Tesla they'll just slap some sort of subscription fee on it
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There was a company called Wiferion that was bringing this exact product to market. They were bought by Tesla though and nothing has since come out.
There is another company called Witricity that claims to have a product ready in 2025.
But still, very cool
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Assuming you’re in the US, though it applies elsewhere, but an energy/transportation revolution would be much nicer. I don’t see much of a point with electric vehicles if that renewable energy is going into businesses and homes anyways - there is no surplus of renewables that electric vehicles can use and claim “net 0.” Most of our electricity is from fossil fuels and yeah renewables reduce that - nice! For now, nuclear is unfortunately too close to home for most people and we are going to struggle more with ineffective alternatives. I think electric vehicles are nice, but they represent a technological feat, not a social one. Technology is much easier to engineer and is thus much less impressive or impactful than a social feat like pushing for nuclear or geothermal.
I'm not in the US
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Assuming you’re in the US, though it applies elsewhere, but an energy/transportation revolution would be much nicer. I don’t see much of a point with electric vehicles if that renewable energy is going into businesses and homes anyways - there is no surplus of renewables that electric vehicles can use and claim “net 0.” Most of our electricity is from fossil fuels and yeah renewables reduce that - nice! For now, nuclear is unfortunately too close to home for most people and we are going to struggle more with ineffective alternatives. I think electric vehicles are nice, but they represent a technological feat, not a social one. Technology is much easier to engineer and is thus much less impressive or impactful than a social feat like pushing for nuclear or geothermal.
isn't the main holdup on renewables in the states still coal/oil lobbyists and nimbys?
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What are some other signs you've noticed that signal things are moving in the right direction?
selling more cars
Right direction. See, this is why we are doomed.
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What are some other signs you've noticed that signal things are moving in the right direction?
I’m in Canada and most ads are still ICE vehicles. I don’t think I’ve seen an EV ad.
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There was a company called Wiferion that was bringing this exact product to market. They were bought by Tesla though and nothing has since come out.
There is another company called Witricity that claims to have a product ready in 2025.
Wiferion
I assume it was "Wi-fer-i-on", but i keep reading it as "Wife-rion".
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selling more cars
Right direction. See, this is why we are doomed.
ok doomer
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ok doomer
This is perfect. I'm stealing this response.
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This is perfect. I'm stealing this response.
They are right. We need all cars to be EVs, but way less cars. We will not EV our way out of climate collapse.
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This is perfect. I'm stealing this response.
I made a meme for you
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They are right. We need all cars to be EVs, but way less cars. We will not EV our way out of climate collapse.
There are 3 power grids in the US. Not ONE of them could support a fully EV reality given the demands of charging at peak capacity.
The constant, frenetic push for EV is just automakers pivoting to the next profit node; it has nothing to do with whether we can, or should be creating fleets of EVs.
What we really need is mass public transportation. Electric trains and trolleys make far more sense, and allow for cities to be rebuilt for human beings to live in them, with walkable centers and businesses catered to foot traffic.
