More people are driving electric vehicles. But is the U.S. ready for an EV takeover?
WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims says the answer is: No. He shares what he learned on a 1,000-mile road-trip in the longest-range EV on the market. Julie Chang hosts.
0:00 EVs and gadgets
1:29 Charging EVs on road trips
2:30 EV ranges
3:22 Fast chargers in the U.S.
5:07 U.S. electricity grid
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I won't get an EV until the day comes of where I can drive up to a charger and "fill up" as fast as I can pump a tank of gas.
Wish they would take computers out of vehicles.older people dont understand them.
No. Never will be..
Your momma is an EV
I personally see EVs as almost a scam. These companies like Tesla are getting subsidies from the government (even things like consumer rebates for EVs) that put the focus on us as consumers to purchase new vehicles. EVs do nothing to deal with the problem of sprawl or car dependency, or even climate change. Building those batteries is not good for the environment and neither is maintaining so much road infrastructure and asphalt/concrete everywhere. The narrative is we should be buying electric cars because its better for the environment, meaning we need to spend money. My point is, EVs will NOT solve any of our infrastructure problems, and will make them just worse because the vehicles are heavier and damage our roads more.
No way the infrastructure could support even 50% of the cars in this country running on batteries. Pulling more current through wires tends to cause heat! Excess heat causes fires! Fires cause melted melted power transmission lines. And then guess what? Thousands of people canโt commute because their car wonโt get them there!
No either at production or providing stations.
electric cars plug into the same grid ran on coal and natural gas you aint green ๐
you think the grid is screwed just wait
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ask is it possible to remember charging car before travelling
Cart before the horse syndrome. What else is new? Infrastructure is downstream of invention.
He equated Quebec with Canada Had he come to Ontario things would have been different, Quebec for now has been more proactive about building out its network
WHEN EVERYONE IS IN A STATE OF CONFUSION
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A VERY IMPORTANT [KEY] APPEARING
WHETHER IT IS A NOBLE PERSON OR A LOW EBB EXPERIENCE BUT IN CONCLUSION
WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE WILL LEAD TO A BETTER DIRECTION
In cold climate, people should use sodium ion battery instead. It is cheaper too
Been driving a Tesla for years. Itโs pretty simple. The Tesla supercharger network is amazing and if you use anything else youโre insane.
When did Montreal become part of the US? This guy's argument is invalidated.
The new intro sounds comfortable and pleasant somehow
Worst reporting ever. This guy is either biased or stupid.
He pretends to give us a representative experience of driving and charging an EV but does not go with the market leader, which by definition IS the representative experience. Instead, he goes with a fringe, niche LUCID MOTORS model. Lucid has been around for a decade but they've only sold in the single digit thousands and have no charging network of their own. Tesla has sold millions and has an entire national FAST charging network (with software that will route you to the next available station) that is light years better than competing networks. The problems he described are the direct result of his choice of car, not of EVs. It would be like trying to browse the web on a 2005 Nokia phone and concluding that the internet (and not the phone) sucks.
I've unsubscribed. WSJ does not deliver empirical truth. Every word out of their mouth is designed to make me believe their Neanderthal politics. They spew hatred.
This whole interview to answer the question if the US has enough infrastructure to support EVโs mass adoption was based on a long road trip using a Lucid Air, an EV that has no access to Teslaโs supercharger network. Of course the conclusion was no, the infrastructure is far from ready!
About a decade ago, energy companies were hand wringing about all the excess capacity they would have with the adoption of LED bulbs and more efficient appliances. We have the energy capacity, especially if most people charge their vehicles at home once a week during off-peak hours.
Definitely
Nope.
Have to give it another +10 years.
With the current infrastructure (and of course the amount of time it takes to charge) the best use for an EV is a commuter. Providing you have somewhere to charge it, at work or home etc. Long distances (road trips) are a challenge.
There are plenty of chargers for tesla – the rest will have a little tougher time.