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FRANKFURT – The German government said it will require gasoline stations to offer electric car charging to help ease buyers’ concerns about range and support demand for EVs as part of its 130 billion-euro ($146 billion) economic recovery plan. Diego Biasi...
It may not be enough
Unless the rest of Europe has a similar program, driving electric vehicles outside of Germany will still be problematic. Germany led the rest of Europe in the change over to lead free gas. If other countries expected German tourists they had to follow Ger...
Very narrow minded design ( minds ) usualy the Germans can think BIG. You need to in this case, and combine facilities and features . Charge and load em up... on the other side !
or bowling alleys, or small offices, or...... ...
I think it is inEVitable...
As an American and a full time investor I think it will be EV cars powered by consumer side solar energy and corporate / federal nuclear. I know nuclear is currently (I live close to Indian Point) unpopular but the 4th generation fission models are extrem...
German government and common sense?
Japan has a vast coast line and earthquakes with tsunamis which caused a nuclear catastrophe in 2011. Germany has none of that, but has among the highest prices for electricity worldwide. Guess how will shut down all nuclear plants?
Some of what's being discussed here is why hybrids will probably always make more sense than EVs. As with many other things there are many feel good nonsensical decisions
being made (for votes?). A great example here is swapping out all the natural gas powered city buses (SUPER clean and our buses have very low ridership) for very expensive electric buses. Fully electric does not necessarily equate to more eco friendly, ho...
Germany
Germany is next to my door. I know people there, and i lived 1 week in Germany. You know, Germany is a car country. Germans are in love with their petrol and diesel cars. Electric cars is a sensitive subject for them i think. Would they give up their Audi...
This isn't a huge problem
Germany went from local rutted rural roads and few paved road networks to a nation-spanning and highly organized autobahn in a few years. Now they need to a few parking spots to install high-voltage chargers? I think they'll survive. The charging technolo...
Once the ball is rolling
I consider myself a serious octane blooded German, having worked in automotive for many years. Please let me offer my opinion. Germans most often are not the first to adopt, but once critical mass is reached, things are hard to stop. Just think of the tay...
Two things I'd like to add. One, I think applies most anywhere with high density. I doubt unique to San Diego. #1 is people (especially retired folks like myself)
like to take long distance trips in their car. For that group if the EV doesn't have serious range with a very fast recharge it won't work well. #2 that I know applies to SD but I'd guess applies to large cities on both US coasts is this.... There are a l...
I will only get an EV when the range hit 800km and the charging takes less than 10minutes.
Well the other consideration is when the government pulls the plug on combustible engine. Building more stations would not solve much issue but waste of resources as you need more grids to stored and distribute all these power on each extra charging stati...