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I am not going to get into an extensive debate on this well worn topic, but I will say that an EV is a complete non-starter for me, given my normal driving profile and an absolute dislike of anything that delays my journey.
My examples.
1. drive from home to visit 95 yo mother, temperature -20c, distance round trip ~575 km, there is typically snow on the ground so you need full defrosters/cabin heat on full time. Exactly one Tesla charging station on the route and that one not in a convenient location. I checked with some EV owners....not one of their cars could do that trip on a single charge and there were even concerns about charging rates at low temperatures such as that.
2. Drive from home to a meeting, round trip distance 750 km, some charging stations midway, but believe me, for a 8 am start, the last thing I want to do is add a 45 minute charging wait on the way up and after an exhausting day, I have no patience for a delay in getting home to charge my car. No plausible changing stations near the meeting place - I would either have to walk ~30 minutes from the nearest charging station, get an Uber/taxi or public transit - none of which are convenient, workable or acceptable.
So, EVs do not work for me at all, I do not see the point for them as CO2 is not a pollutant and is not a threat to our societies in any way while the foolish drive towards BEV's in particular is just squandering resources better spent on almost any other problem we face in the world, whether it be plastics in the ocean or cancer.
As for Calif. Their grid has always been very weak due to the NIMBY effect being unbelievably strong, Enron gamed them quite easily (I was working in a grid operator as an executive during that timeframe) and they continue to make foolish decisions. BEV's will just be the log that breaks the electrical camel's back as it were...
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