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I can fill up an empty gas tank in under 5 minutes and drive about 400 miles. An electric vehicle takes over 30 minutes and can drive about 100 miles. That's a tough hurdle. And that's provided you don't need to wait for someone already using the charger.

There is no possible way to build out an electric charging infrastructure that can come anywhere near that. Let's forget our aging electrical infrastructure can't even supply enough energy.

I can fill up an empty gas tank in under 5 minutes and drive about 400 miles. An electric vehicle takes over 30 minutes and can drive about 100 miles. That's a tough hurdle. And that's provided you don't need to wait for someone already using the charger. There is no possible way to build out an electric charging infrastructure that can come anywhere near that. Let's forget our aging electrical infrastructure can't even supply enough energy.

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The proposition is insanity from top to bottom:

No standardized connections. No power delivery standards. Energy requirements creeping towards the 1000s of kilowatts per minute. The grid infrastructure will require total replacement just to service peak, and as the UK has proven, EVs at their current level have pushed their infrastructure to peak already.

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It's a feature. EVs are just like the vaccine: they're meant to cripple you, not actually benefit you. Gasoline vehicles are not compatible with C40/15 minute cities because they allow you to drive too far.