Technology ConnectionsI'm ripping the band-aid off.
Tesla won the plug war - and that's good news!
A surprisingly good series of events have unfolded, and this video is my mea culpa. Also, Sorry, John!Links 'n' stuffHere's a playlist to all of my EV-relate...
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Ben S.@TechConnectify I'm 100% with you on payment opinions. I've had an EV for 5 years and have never charged it away from home because of payment friction concerns, and I think plug-n-charge potentially does way more to add security/privacy/competition concerns than it does to solve friction ones.
Honestly, anyone who cares about EV's becoming the norm should be advocating for the EV charging experience to be as similar as possible to the gas/petrol filling one. Make adoption easy and familiar FFS!
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@HunterZ @TechConnectify A possibly silly idea:
What if we engineered a new chemical, a liquid which could retain an electric charge, and you "recharged" by connecting a dual-hose thing to your "gas tank" that sucks out the spent liquid and pumps in charged, and you only pay for the charge on the new liquid because they can charge and re-sell the old? Would that be familiar enough?
Dean Styles@mos_8502 @HunterZ @TechConnectify Could vanadium do that job? Vanadium redox flow batteries are a thing. Although honestly at this point BEVs are becoming the standard worldwide, at least for vehicle applications.