The time of day issues might be peak load shedding. I know most corporations have a maximum instantaneous power draw allowed during peak hours. I'd think chargers would be smart enough to balance that across the whole station, though.
Heh... When was the last time you asked a landlord to upgrade something in an apartment complex, and actually got them to do it? There is a reason that most of the older apartment complexes still have window unit air conditioners and manual garage doors.
OR it presents an opportunity to create the necessary infra structure and the jobs associated with that effort. Also if tenants want electric cars and that becomes a factor driving where they rent then land lords will address that need.
You do realize there is going to be an infrastructure issue if they were to do that. The fact is that majority of apartment buildings in the US were built before the shift to electric vehicles started, and thus they do not have outlets at their parking. I can see this as a start to disenfranchising people who live in apartment buildings.
Yeah, automation can vastly improve throughput, but I think it's benefits as a miracle worker in dense urban areas are exaggerated, though. I'm guessing that NYC still wants people to walk from one side of the street to the other, so bam you have stop lights. I also don't think any city is going to want automated cars doing much more than 30 mph in downtown areas on surface streets.You guys should read up on the traffic people and city planners about what causes traffic. It really isn't "volume of cars."
Hell, just think about your daily commute, if you have one, and the rage that fills you every time some jackass causes a hiccup for no reason. ...fucking rubberneckers. RUBBERNECKERS! literally half the expressway problems are due to asshats slowing down to look at crap that isn't even in their way. automated cars of no interest in this nonsense. Hell, here in DC on 495, there's a particular section that has an S turn...very light, very easy turns, but everyone loses their collective shit over this idea that they will have to turn their steering wheels for a second, and slow to a crawl. Every time. There is literally no reason for it.
Recently, I test drove a Model 3 Performance and an Audi RS3 back-to-back. And was admittedly surprised to find that the Tesla was by far the better bang for the buck. With comparable performance (if not the glorious sound). I've been predicting that eventually EVs would be cheaper to own the ICEs for some time now, I just didn't realize that time was already now.This thread pretty much supports why Tesla will be the most valuable company in the world by 2035 replacing Apple at the top.
Tesla has the complete solution.
As soon as they finally figure it out the EVs can easily put 1000+ lb-ft to every wheel on instantaneous demand, they'll be buying em like hotcakes and making fun of their friends with their puny unreliable diesels.I just gotta wonder if HUR DUR $75k truck drivers are willing to buy electric trucks or will get butt-hurt about it?
Either way, I think US auto manufacturers will fail miserably just like they always do with everything having to do with the very basics of the market.
They hinge entirely on high mark-up of gas-guzzling pickup trucks. They fail miserably at simple cars, SUVS, etc... from competitors.
That's where the retraining programs Hillary was talking about come in. Pay to retrain oil field workers to run transmission lines.Still on page 1, if this covered my bad. Yes it will create job but get electrical related cert in order to work in the field take YEARS and $$$$, this pretty much stopped everyone with family and bills to pay from switching.
PS I am fully support EV.
Since I’m considering selling my BRZ for a Model 3 I’m curious what you mean you can’t “turn it off”. Are you referring to auto pilot?Recently, I test drove a Model 3 Performance and an Audi RS3 back-to-back. And was admittedly surprised to find that the Tesla was by far the better bang for the buck. With comparable performance (if not the glorious sound). I've been predicting that eventually EVs would be cheaper to own the ICEs for some time now, I just didn't realize that time was already now.
But there was a problem. And it wasn't the range issue. It was that I actually enjoy driving, and Musk's (admittedly genius) plan to keep his smartphones-on-wheels from depreciating like smartphones is to make them income-producing by having them drive themselves. Which is amazingly visionary. Except that beginning with the 2021 models, you can't turn that shit off. So.. I'm likely going to be holding off for an Audi EV, because those Germans know that some people like to drive themselves occasionally.
On topic: GM's 2035 plan is at least 10 years too late. Waiting that long will make them the Kodak of cars, the guys who could have come to market 20 years before everyone else but instead did so 10 years after everyone else.
Yeah, automation can vastly improve throughput, but I think it's benefits as a miracle worker in dense urban areas are exaggerated, though. I'm guessing that NYC still wants people to walk from one side of the street to the other, so bam you have stop lights. I also don't think any city is going to want automated cars doing much more than 30 mph in downtown areas on surface streets.
Highway slowdowns and suburban traffic could be massively improved with automation, but rubbernecking and being afraid of curves aren't major drivers of traffic in downtown areas.
Yes. That, and the regenerative braking can't be turned off either, except in track mode, so the car never coasts. It's far far worse than traction control that can't be turned off.Since I’m considering selling my BRZ for a Model 3 I’m curious what you mean you can’t “turn it off”. Are you referring to auto pilot?
Gridlocking is definitely an issue. I don't know that I buy that is the biggest driver of traffic in urban areas. Stopping for pedestrians and then the lag time from accelerating back up to speed, which is also a density wave because people can't start going until the car in front of them starts going. There are also studies that show larger cars accelerate much slower through intersections and have larger gapping, even when the vehicle performs the same as a sedan, people just drive them more cautiously.The biggest traffic problem in downtown areas is gridlockers, people who try to make the light and end up getting stuck in the middle of the intersection, blocking cross-traffic when the light changes. A problem AVs can solve pretty easily. The real problem for AVs in urban centers is pedestrians.
While it's not rubberneckers per se who cause suburban highway traffic problems but the fact anytime one driver slows down, the driver behind them has to slow down just a little bit more. And likewise that driver behind them, and so forth until someone has to come to a stop. A density wave. AV's can mitigate this problem, by more precise speed control to reduce density, but they can't solve it entirely.
In the end though, it's demand that creates traffic. That's why building more lanes doesn't work, because the additional lanes end up encouraging more drivers to take that particular road. Getting traffic to flow smoothly through all available paths is the real solution, and AVs will easily best humans at this.
Yes. That, and the regenerative braking can't be turned off either, except in track mode, so the car never coasts. It's far far worse than traction control that can't be turned off.
And as a BRZ owner, still driving a manual, I'm sure you can appreciate. My own daily is a Mk6 Golf R.
Yes. That, and the regenerative braking can't be turned off either, except in track mode, so the car never coasts. It's far far worse than traction control that can't be turned off.
And as a BRZ owner, still driving a manual, I'm sure you can appreciate. My own daily is a Mk6 Golf R.
But there was a problem. And it wasn't the range issue. It was that I actually enjoy driving, and Musk's (admittedly genius) plan to keep his smartphones-on-wheels from depreciating like smartphones is to make them income-producing by having them drive themselves. Which is amazingly visionary. Except that beginning with the 2021 models, you can't turn that shit off. So.. I'm likely going to be holding off for an Audi EV, because those Germans know that some people like to drive themselves occasionally.
But I think the worst aspect of owning a Tesla is having to deal with the whims of Tesla... and also how cheap the car feels sometimes. With all the rattles, squeaks, and poor sound isolation, I feel like I paid a BMW price for Versa quality. My friend who owns a Model X recently bought a Ford Fusion to alleviate the range anxiety, and he told me that if he had to keep just one, he'd keep the Fusion. Probably not the most ringing endorsement.
The biggest traffic problem in downtown areas is gridlockers, people who try to make the light and end up getting stuck in the middle of the intersection, blocking cross-traffic when the light changes. A problem AVs can solve pretty easily. The real problem for AVs in urban centers is pedestrians.
While it's not rubberneckers per se who cause suburban highway traffic problems but the fact anytime one driver slows down, the driver behind them has to slow down just a little bit more. And likewise that driver behind them, and so forth until someone has to come to a stop. A density wave. AV's can mitigate this problem, by more precise speed control to reduce density, but they can't solve it entirely.
In the end though, it's demand that creates traffic. That's why building more lanes doesn't work, because the additional lanes end up encouraging more drivers to take that particular road. Getting traffic to flow smoothly through all available paths is the real solution, and AVs will easily best humans at this.
You mean, by inconveniencing the most vulnerable road users, who are often already horribly underserved by our car-centric communities, so as to not inconvenience personal autos.pedestrian issues can be solved with overhead/underground crosses.
You guys should read up on the traffic people and city planners about what causes traffic. It really isn't "volume of cars."
Hell, just think about your daily commute, if you have one, and the rage that fills you every time some jackass causes a hiccup for no reason. ...fucking rubberneckers. RUBBERNECKERS! literally half the expressway problems are due to asshats slowing down to look at crap that isn't even in their way. automated cars of no interest in this nonsense. Hell, here in DC on 495, there's a particular section that has an S turn...very light, very easy turns, but everyone loses their collective shit over this idea that they will have to turn their steering wheels for a second, and slow to a crawl. Every time. There is literally no reason for it.
Honestly, I just think urban areas need to prohibit large private vehicles. Have a max weight of 500 lbs for private vehicles, and move towards vehicles like ebikes (including things like enclosed trikes). If you get rid of these 4000 lb vehicles running down the road carrying one person, you could fit a lot more vehicles with no additional infrastructure, vastly increase safety, particularly for cyclists and pedestrians, cut way down on energy, etc.Gridlocking is definitely an issue. I don't know that I buy that is the biggest driver of traffic in urban areas. Stopping for pedestrians and then the lag time from accelerating back up to speed, which is also a density wave because people can't start going until the car in front of them starts going. There are also studies that show larger cars accelerate much slower through intersections and have larger gapping, even when the vehicle performs the same as a sedan, people just drive them more cautiously.
AV will massively help with traffic problems, but it will not make the existing infrastructure have infinite capacity and I believe those benefits will likely drop way off in tight urban areas with pedestrians, drop-off/pick ups, and intersections.
A big reason we're getting a Tesla is the supercharging network. The Mach E is tempting but the CCS fast charge network sucks still although it is slowly improving. We're a two car house and husband will be getting the Model 3 while I keep my i3. If BMW sold a 330e with a 50-60 mile electric range I'd probably be in that but alas.
You mean, by inconveniencing the most vulnerable road users, who are often already horribly underserved by our car-centric communities, so as to not inconvenience personal autos.