Krakken

That's correct. For most daily driving, people will charge at home or their business and not have to experience any waiting time.

Krakken

Haha!!

But seriously, the F150 with the smallest battery has both the power and energy to power (80 amps, 9.6kw) a house for days. That should power an average house for three days (assuming 30 kWh a day), or up to about 10 days if power is rationed (like 10 kWh a day or so).

Xspurt

Wow. That's almost hard to believe it can hold that much! How many KWH does the truck hold on a full charge?

Krakken

Just curious - why didn't you take the Taycan as a loaner? EVs are great to drive.

Krakken

You are correct that there is not enough electricity generation capacity today. But, with a ~30% increase in generation over 10 years, by no means an unreasonable amount of capacity expansion, there will be by the early 2030s.

Krakken

You are correct that EVs cost more today, especially when you are considering only purchase price and not total lifetime cost. However, the purchase prices are decreasing. This won't be a lasting issues.

Krakken

Yes, it is a pretty good financial cases with 3X post-inflation return.

Krakken

You are neglecting the inflating cost of energy (that is, energy costs will increase as well, so your savings in today's dollars will be much higher in future dollars.)

Krakken

EVs convert over 77% of the electrical energy from the grid to power at the wheels. Conventional gasoline vehicles only convert about 12%–30% of the energy stored in gasoline to power at the wheels. Yes, there is energy loss in transmission, but that is true for both electric and fossil fuels.

Krakken

In the U.S., solar represented 43% of all new electricity generating capacity added in 2020, its largest ever share of new generating capacity. Solar is also the cheapest form of new power in many places.