RE:Plugging in at a condoprested wrote: Thanks for your contribution Pandora (what do you have in that box of yours!?). ANother thing that baffles me is how builders are allowed to construct high rise condos like crazy with no thought about how unit onwers would charge their EVs. Obviously, they couldn't have a charger for each unit as the wiring would be a nighmare and add thousands to a unit cost. But having a central spot in the garage where people could charge up means obious delays as those who plug in go and watch TV and don't bother coming back to give someone else a chance. It's fine for folks who have a home with a garage, but those are becoming a rare breed with housing cost being what they are.
IMO, the battery should be a removable item, rather lkike the BBQ gas bottles, when one is empty you exchange it for a full one. It would mean an initial cost, whcih might be quite hiogh, but it would mean that gas stations could offer this service and there would be no delay when you make a long journey.Pull in, excgange, gone.
I appologize to those who, quite rightly, think this is getting off the topic of Vermillion. Just saying...
The theory of having battery packs that could be replaced (like your portable drill, etc) I proposed about 3 years ago to overcome the problem in long trips for cars. I suggested you should be able to pull into a 'service station', open up the battery compartment, pull out the drained battery and exchange it for a fully charged battery and then continue on your way. None of this sitting around waiting for the batteries to charge. I sent this to some battery or EV types and they didn't even respond. I posted it on a board and got chastised for a dumb idea.