With all this talk about people getting new tax credits to buy electric cars I looked at Rivian because their product is far more suited to my needs than Tesla. No charging network yet but that doesn’t matter to me because there are practically no Tesla chargers anywhere I go.
Specs looked great but again charging time was a deal killer. 19 hours to get a full charge. With Tesla’s more limited capabilities it takes “only” 11 hours. Doesn’t work for most people unless it’s a second car and the other car is gas. Rivian is building a charging network but that brings up a whole different issue - each manufacturer needing its own network because everyone uses a different battery system. As opposed to all gas cars using the same fuel. The whole electric market will saturate much faster than folks realize - at least in the US. Look at “green” Germany where gas is almost $6 a gallon. Electric cars aren’t even 1% of their fleet.
Why does anyone think this is ever going to take off?
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