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@glitzersachen @leanlearnlead granted the faster a battery is charged, the less efficient it is and the more straining it is on the battery chemistry.

But aside from that, there's no reason why #BEV #Charging needs to be more complex than these few steps;

1. plug in the vehicle with a CCS2 plug
2. select the amount of kWh / money one.wants to spend. (being able to abort if the energy price is abdurdly high!)
3. pay with card (NFC+PIN).
4. upon payment confirmation, the vehucle gets charged and the charging station shows an estimated completion timer & offers sending a notification via eMail or SMS.
5. Once completed, the charging station will unlock the plug/socket and send said notification out. In the meantime another customer could just pull the unlocked plug and start their charging.

Just like on a (abeit slow) gas pump!

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@leanlearnlead see, this kind of feature regression on top of being more expensive is why #ElectricCars suck in terms of #UX!

  • Whereas any gas station I've ever been to (informal road stalls on Siquijor don't count!) accept cash & card without hassles.

The fact that on top of being slower to load than gas up it's less convenient makes it a no-go for me as I'm not privileged to own a house where I can get a #Wallbox installed!

Recent EV charging drama...

We spontaneously decided to go antiquing in Worcester which is about 1 hour away. With 30% SoC we'd just be able to make it home with 0% but I didn't want to risk that. So I decided to charge around Worcester on the way back.

First choice is EA in Northborough, since it's free for me. It has an 85% charge limit, so turnover should be fast. However there were 3 cars waiting when we arrived. I didn't want to wait, and Josh found a Ford Charger across the street at a dealer. I haven't used a Ford one before, so we decided to give it a try.

We saw one right away in front of the building, but it was turned off. I looked around and noticed another one across the parking lot, but it turned out to be an outdated charger which was also turned off, and at a Lincoln dealer. As we were super disappointed and leaving, I saw one at the back of the service department and it was on! It only accepts payment through Ford Charge (when you have a Ford EV) or Shell app. I haven't used the shell app for so long that I had to reset my password... But eventually everything worked fine. Reached 224kw in no time, which is not bad for a 240kw charger. We only charged for 8 mins to get us home. It's actually cheaper than the EA too.

And loved that it gave stats for Nerds!!

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@KarlHeinzHasliP @denki Personally, I think that standardized #batteries that get swapped would've been the solution to the charging speed problem.

#BEV|s are a problem and the #EnergyDensity and #Charging problems are hard walls that can only be circumvented (i.e. swapping fluids at a #RedoxFlow-#Battery) or ignored (i.e. #Methanol #FuelCell)...

Solving the #EnergyProblem isn't a technological issue, but a political one (see #DESERTEC)...

Got my 1st use of the Jolt EV charger network.

Went ok-ish, as the app on my mobile said it had disconnected from the charger & I had to restart the charge - which I did, then waiting 30 secs & clicked the Stop Charge button in the app & heard the car release the charger port.

I got 5% charge in 10 mins which was under the Jolt Member free charge level of 7kw.

So I got a free 5% charge in the time it took to do a quick suburban shop visit.
#ev #charging
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@CppGuy One word: #Tetraetyllead

IMHO it'll be inevitable that #Methanol #FuelCell-based #EV|s will be the future simply because:
1.#Lithium is scarce & expensive
2.#refueling will always be faster than #charging
3.#EnergyDensity of Methanol exceeds that of any #battery
4.#FussilFuel #Corporations can simply switchover pumps and flex their #EconomyOfScale and existing #Logistics to flood the market with cheap Methanol even if it has to be made 100% sustainable and without any fossil resources.
5.#EnergyStorage is another problem and #FuelCells can replace both #EmergencyPower systems running if #Diesel as well as the average #gasoline #generator.

Not to mention there needs to be #SystemChangeNotClimateChange and that necessitates way better #PublicTransport, regardless if #Trains, #Trams, #Trolleybuses or #FuelcellBuses (in that order)...

  • Otherwise shit won't change.

OFC what any #BEVs won't fix is the fact that most particle emissions are #tire #brake #dust...

  • And those are inherebtly unavoidable.unless we want to sacrifice #RoadSafety!
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@CelloMomOnCars @falcennial @pixelpusher220 Shure, the overhead of a #FuelCell will not.make.it.practical in a #Smartphone for the foreseeable future, and #SodiumWetcells are slowly entrenching #LiFePO4 cells territory.

I do however expect that for #EnvoirmentalProtection alone, we'll see #Lithium cells being slowly phased out in a few decades like #NiCd, #mercury and #lead before them.

  • The only reason #LeadAcid wetcells are still used as #CarBattery is because they are disgustingly cheap and can provide high amperages for starter motors. Their weight inefficiency is not of big concern in cars.

Likewise I'm confident we see first #LiFePO4 then #SodiumWetcells then #FuelCells take over.

In fact I'm confident #MethanolFuelcell will be used as drop-in replacement for (diesel-)electric buses simply because of scalability and fire safety alone.

  • OFC the superior solution for regular bus lines are trolley buses, but being able to refuel on long-distance trips will certainly help conversion with long-haul bus services and #trucking beyond the "last-mile stop & go" delivery where drivers have their 8hr shifts and trucks can "slow-charge" at the depot at night.

In fact, #DeutschePost literally bought up an #electric #MiniTrick #startup just to get the "#CityScooter" #BEV|s made for them, and for couriers that only do stop & go these work fine.