The future for oil?

[meridian]

What about those of us who live in town and have to park on the street? How are we expected to charge overnight? Your solution is perfect for anyone who lives in a suburban close with their own driveway or garage, and not very good at all for everyone else.

Turn every parking space into a wireless QI charging pad?

[northernladyuk]

You wait a few years and it won't be necessary. Haven seen the current state of the art last week self driving cars are not that long away (easily within the life time of my next car).

So does it just drive off to the charging point in the evening and come and collect you in the morning?

[Mordac]

Tesla (according to their marketing - does anyone know better?) will give you a 170 miles from a 30 minute supercharge. If I'm driving more than 2 hours, I stop for a cup of coffee anyway, so it's closing in on workable.

There would need to be hundreds of those supercharge points at all motorway service stations, and at peak times like Christmas there would still be queues. Currently we grumble if there's a 15 minute wait at a petrol station, can you imagine telling the kids they've got to sit and wait for 2-3 hours because Daddy bought an electric car?
You'd be divorced or lynched. Quite possibly both.

[northernladyuk]

There would need to be hundreds of those supercharge points at all motorway service stations, and at peak times like Christmas there would still be queues. Currently we grumble if there's a 15 minute wait at a petrol station, can you imagine telling the kids they've got to sit and wait for 2-3 hours because Daddy bought an electric car?
You'd be divorced or lynched. Quite possibly both.

Supply will meet demand. You remind me of:

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.

[AtW]

Turn every parking space into a wireless QI charging pad?

Best not to piss on it ...

[northernladyuk]

Best not to piss on it ...

Suity will have to stick to his tricycle (hopefully not literally).

[BlasterBates]

I agree, 30 minutes charging is way too long, can you imagine Bank holidays !! and lets face it, in reality it it will probably take more like an hour to recharge, Most Electric cars currently require several hours to recharge, and if your car is full of luggage and people it's range will be down by a third I dare say.

Electric cars are fine for relatively wealthy people that use it as a second car for running around town, and can afford a recharging point in their garage.

[northernladyuk]

I agree, 30 minutes charging is way too long, can you imagine Bank holidays !! and lets face it, in reality it it will probably take more like an hour to recharge,

If only technology improved.

[AtW]

If it's 30 mins for 600 miles range then it's another matter...

[Guesstimator]

What about those of us who live in town and have to park on the street? How are we expected to charge overnight? Your solution is perfect for anyone who lives in a suburban close with their own driveway or garage, and not very good at all for everyone else.

You're not expected to have a car.
The future doesn't lie with people having their own cars but you calling one and it self driving to your house then to wherever you want to go.
TaaS like the report says...like CityCar or ZipCar or whatever they're called but times a gazillion.
There'll be a lot of resistance but tbh I think it makes a lot of sense across the board.