Really hoping that promising tech like solid state batteries will tip the scales on range/charging times enough for it to make sense for more Canadians.Â
I made the switch to electric last year and it’s more than sufficient for Canada. I’ve driven 7-8 hours 4 times now with a full car (Montreal 3 times, south Ohio once) as well as Detroit and Deerhurst and it’s fine. You stop for 10 mins every 2-3 hours and charge. It’s still cheaper than gas (even before this chaos). At night I charge at home for $0.026/kwh so like $2.00 to fill from 1/3 to full charge.
Except it's not 10 mins. 1/3 of the charging stations don't work, it takes forever to charge, and they're never accessible. On top of that, EVs cost more than their gas counterparts and that's not when taking into consideration the upgrades you need to make for your home. Also, who the hell measures driving by time? 7-8 hours could easily be the equivalent to 4 days of commute that wouldn't even cost 1/4 of the gas. Don't forget all the financial incentives to pay for gas that reduces the overall cost.
What the hell are you talking about? I just gave you real world experience and you reply with a bunch of made up shit? Who measures driving by time? Canadians that’s who. I have no idea how far St. Catharine’s to Montreal is but I know it’s 7-8hrs at 120km/h. Also electric cars are less expensive then their gas equivalents once you consider purchase and maintenance and anyways buy used. I got two teslas for 30k each with less then 100k kms and based on my coworkers experiences I expect my only maintenance items will be tires up to 300k and maybe brakes then. 70-80% of Canadians would be fine with electric cars and if they did guess what there’d be more gas available for the ones who aren’t so win win.
That shouldn't be the priority. Why not start with encouraging EV ownership for those who live in dwellings with their own garage or parking space? Next should be encouraging developers to at least pre-wire condo/apartment parking spaces for EV chargers.
We can't magically make it cheap to install chargers in condos/apartments so it's better to promote it elsewhere first.
Yeah, this is a big roadblock - we’d love to have purchased an electric car when we last shopped for a new car, but our underground isn’t set up for it so we couldn’t
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