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Originally Posted by stefcio007
Maybe in the future we'll do away with combustion engines but I don't think the world has the manufacturing capacity to make so many batteries, at least for the current technology.
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The problem as we all know with the current battery technology is the time it takes to recharge them and how the current grid (even with residential PV solar installations) will cope if the majority of us have electric cars in the future.
Sure you can use an expensive "Supercharger" that recharges in 20 minutes or so... But you won't have one of these at home or at your workplace.
The problem is deeper as far as the number of batteries needed, as most people will want to charge their cars overnight when the sun is not shining, so PV solar will also need batteries to store the solar electricity generated during the day for that purpose.
The average motorist using an electric car as a daily will use about 5,000KwH
per year to charge their cars every day.
This is more than twice the electricity most people use to power their homes in one year!
Can you imagine the power blackouts in this country with current infrastucture.
The smarter idea would be to have car batteries that you drain the discharged electrolyte and then quickly refill your batteries with newly charged electrolyte.
I believe most current service stations will be converted to dispense electrolyte from browsers at the speed it takes you to currently fill with petrol.
The drained old electrolyte will be stored in separate tanks then collected by tankers and taken to mass electrolyte charging refineries which also include their own power generation by solar or other means and delivered back to the servos.
This is the way of the future IMO.