I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, and we are finding it impossible to replace them. We can get by, but can't seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30 years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for.
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US should think about starting UK model welcome centers with charging centers, toilets, food centers for people to take a break eat food while charging. Current rest areas can be converted for that.
It’s still Tesla Superchargers vs other EV chargers. It’s much easier to take an EV road trip in a tesla, because they have way more chargers, and they work most of the time. It’s a simple plug and charge system. EA really should continue to work on adapting this. I think it’s more charging anxiety than range anxiety. You know how much range you have, but can’t alway rely on the chargers themselves.
It was also a problem that the reporter didn't use free software that would have shown him a route that would have worked instead of going the way he did
Infrastructure is so broken. I live in California and had to try 3 different Electrify America locations to get a charge today. Even then, the station was throttled down requiring substantial time for a charge.
Agree, we need a few strategically placed chargers on secondary roads. Tesla has covered the interstate system and hopefully they will be adding more that are open to CCS vehicles. They also need to expand to secondary highways so everyone can drive wherever they want to.
@@deidrahopewell7991 Not sure what I could do to help other than look at the maps & recommend locations for 100KW+ charging stations. I think it will take that level to entice people to adopt EV's for travel on some of the more underused routes. Like Bishop, CA to Ely, NV. OR Yellowstone, WY to Casper, WY or Alliance, NB. Glacier NP to Glasgow, MT. Traveling some of these routes today will work in a high er range EV but towing a travel trailer they are impossible because of the restricted range vs charging locations. Without some kind of subsidy I think some of these routes will be inaccessible until the ranges on EV's approach the range available from today's diesel pickups. Some adventurous Evers are starting to carry a generator, fuel & a large dose of patience to cover some of these distances.I'd like to see the diesel pickup replaced by the electric pickup. Many "off the beaten path" routes don'e even have Tesla chageres. Level 1 --110V charging is about the only hope right now & that requires a great deal of patience. Until then I will supplement my 315 mile electric truck(Rivian R1T) with my 500+ mile diesel SUV Diesel Cayenne).
What's the situation now? I ploted a route across both states and got a route going through a bunch of Electrify America, ChargePoint and some other networked chargers like Red E Charge and ZEF Energy. Are these reliable at all? Also, I tried this with the ID.4. The E-Golf which is the one I use didn't return anything lol
@@Luka_3D Try using secondary (not interstate highways) with 150 mile max range towing a trailer. Start in Ely, NV. you will see what I mean. Idaho isn't much better. Retailers are missing a bet not having DCFC at their businesses. "Captive audience" for 20 min to an hour is a marketing tool to get people into their shop/store/restraunt while charging.
For most Tesla owners charging is not a problem on their fast growing reliable and extensive charging network. A fact that is rarely mentioned in these news stories.
This story is a bit misleading as it pertains to the trip from Houston to Austin. I do this trip frequently in my EV. 1. It only takes 80% battery power for my VW ID4 to get from Downtown Austin to Downtown Houston. 2. Traveling via I-10, there are several chargers on route. Katy, Texas, Sealy, Texas and Columbus, Texas. There are even level 2 chargers in LaGrange, Texas with Fast Charging chargers due to be complete by December of 2023. Even if Jake took 290 from Houston to Austin, that's 10 miles closer and should have had ample range if he hadn't taken the back roads "scenic" route requiring more travel. Bottom line, there are fast charging options on the route from Austin to Houston. Although, the Chevy Bolt that was used in this story gets an EPA of 259 miles and Houston to Austin is only a 159-163 mile drive, I do agree that more chargers are needed across Texas.
More charger installations from EA, ChargePoint, electrify, America, and others won’t matter. If you just Google, or check, Reddit, how many EA chargers don’t work, They are all trash. So if those other companies add another hundred thousand trash charges that may work or fail with the flip a coin you’re just going to have more trash. Double the trash is still trash. Rewarding a company who builds trash chargers with $7.5 billion to install more trash chargers is like rewarding a bad dog for bad behavior. It’s already a failure Biden needs to mandate that they fix all the trash chargers BEFORE cutting them a check to install more trash.
Your problem is your driving a Chevrolet and using Electrify American. Most EV owners own Tesla’s like me and have no problems. I've been from Southern California to Maine with no problems, including driving all over Texas.
Everyone should be able to charge at home, work or at least some other place like the gym otherwise getting an EV is just too much of a hassle. If we can do that we won't need that many rapid chargers as most people could make do with a single charge for most journeys.
Comparing the gas stations buildup in America taking many decades to electric chargers is completely idiotic. A gas station takes months, even years is some city locations, to plan and build with all sorts of safety requirements due to the very real danger and explosive volatility of gasoline. While a charging location is built in days or a week or two at the most. Think about this, one small startup company did it not only in the entire US, but in Europe and China in a single decade. That's of course Tesla. Yet they doubt that this can be done with all the tens of billions being poured into it by so many companies? Do they even stop to think about things before doing a story like this?
Couldn't have said it better myself. While I do have some reservations regarding where tesla got the money to build out the network I can't deny that theirs works and is basically everywhere you need it.
I would be scared to drive with the way they stay real close but when I ask I ? No response from so called adults with your network back to you invisible ink
I trust our "high" ranking political leaders will exercise their right to insider trading by investing in the companies who will install the charging stations approved by our political leaders. That's how it works. Pelosi said it herself. This insider trading practice is "our right" she said it..
Most in China, Korea and Japan, but many are made in the United States with new factories coming on line at the end of next quarter. It will take a global effort to supply the assembly lines with packs. Btw, your caps lock is on.
@@iKingRPG wait till they go into mass production MADE IN CHINA = just like the f’n iPhone & everything at Walmart. Are you getting my point yet? U.S.A Made in China
Of course the charging network outside of the Tesla network is sparse and unreliable. You rarely if ever hear of Tesla owners complaining about the Tesla charging network having problems. Tesla car software is tied into their charging network so long distance driving plan is out there fior Tesla drivers from start to finish destination before you even leave your driveway. You know where the Tesla chargers are and the status of the charging stations before you get there. Rarely if ever is there a EV charging story mentioning the superiority and bigger size of the Tesla charging network. All the other charging networks driving other EVs, you have a great problem story. Funny that about 90% of the EVs out on the road are Teslas and they dominate the EV sales market, but the news stories concentrate on the small 10% of the other EVs and their notorious unreliable charging network.
The experts say our grid can cope, With EVs charging, giving hope. But investments are needed, we must confess, To ensure smooth charging, no power stress. Biden's timeline for EVs is bold, Yet doubts about infrastructure unfold. The US may not be fully prepared, For the electric wave that's declared. The Pacific Northwest Lab's report does state, The current grid can handle a certain weight. 24 million EVs, until twenty twenty-eight, But with smarter charging, it's not too late. If owners charge when electricity is cheap, The power grid can handle a greater heap. 65 million EVs, a staggering feat, With smart usage, our worries may retreat.
Chevy bolt EUV range is 247 miles. From Houston to Austin is 165 miles taking 290 east. He should have had 82 miles to spare unless he was going 80 MPH.. Weird
That is until the AC condenser has to do something, and add in stop and go traffic with AC running. It makes sense that he "barely" made it. Thankfully, improvements to battery technology will come sooner than infrastructure plans in my opinion at least. I expect the average new EV to be 400-600 miles of range by 2030 at least.
@Toenails LOL! Like Bidumb haven’t mandate anything that works. Just look at America now…a laughing stock around the world by people who’d brains & common sense…🤣 You must be delusional like Bidumb, “IF” you think that every Americans can afford a $30-$50K EV cars. Heck! Over 80% of people can’t even afford a $4-$5 gas and struggling to feed their families…SMH!!!
Bro really pulled out the toxic batteries excuse... Follow the money my man. EV production is ramping up, battery prices are decreasing and so are the prices of raw materials. That sounds like a market where supply exceeds demand don't you think? Also as for your comment about how toxic the batteries are... Feel free to inhale the exhaust plumes from every gas car on the road. I heard that's real healty stuff.
I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, and we are finding it impossible to replace them. We can get by, but can't seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30 years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for.
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US should think about starting UK model welcome centers with charging centers, toilets, food centers for people to take a break eat food while charging. Current rest areas can be converted for that.
It’s still Tesla Superchargers vs other EV chargers. It’s much easier to take an EV road trip in a tesla, because they have way more chargers, and they work most of the time. It’s a simple plug and charge system. EA really should continue to work on adapting this. I think it’s more charging anxiety than range anxiety. You know how much range you have, but can’t alway rely on the chargers themselves.
And Teslas have built-in, up-to-date software that maps out a plan for the drivers
It was also a problem that the reporter didn't use free software that would have shown him a route that would have worked instead of going the way he did
Scare tactic on NBC news. Good point Martalli!!
Infrastructure is so broken. I live in California and had to try 3 different Electrify America locations to get a charge today. Even then, the station was throttled down requiring substantial time for a charge.
buy a tesla
Try driving across Montana or Wyoming! Really need chargers on secondary roads in the open spaces out west.
Agree, we need a few strategically placed chargers on secondary roads. Tesla has covered the interstate system and hopefully they will be adding more that are open to CCS vehicles. They also need to expand to secondary highways so everyone can drive wherever they want to.
Dennis or Hiking would you be interested in helping place more EV chargers in those states?
@@deidrahopewell7991 Not sure what I could do to help other than look at the maps & recommend locations for 100KW+ charging stations. I think it will take that level to entice people to adopt EV's for travel on some of the more underused routes. Like Bishop, CA to Ely, NV. OR Yellowstone, WY to Casper, WY or Alliance, NB. Glacier NP to Glasgow, MT. Traveling some of these routes today will work in a high er range EV but towing a travel trailer they are impossible because of the restricted range vs charging locations. Without some kind of subsidy I think some of these routes will be inaccessible until the ranges on EV's approach the range available from today's diesel pickups. Some adventurous Evers are starting to carry a generator, fuel & a large dose of patience to cover some of these distances.I'd like to see the diesel pickup replaced by the electric pickup. Many "off the beaten path" routes don'e even have Tesla chageres. Level 1 --110V charging is about the only hope right now & that requires a great deal of patience. Until then I will supplement my 315 mile electric truck(Rivian R1T) with my 500+ mile diesel SUV Diesel Cayenne).
What's the situation now? I ploted a route across both states and got a route going through a bunch of Electrify America, ChargePoint and some other networked chargers like Red E Charge and ZEF Energy. Are these reliable at all?
Also, I tried this with the ID.4. The E-Golf which is the one I use didn't return anything lol
@@Luka_3D Try using secondary (not interstate highways) with 150 mile max range towing a trailer. Start in Ely, NV. you will see what I mean. Idaho isn't much better. Retailers are missing a bet not having DCFC at their businesses. "Captive audience" for 20 min to an hour is a marketing tool to get people into their shop/store/restraunt while charging.
Yep. Probably will need 10-20 years to get the charging infrastructure where it needs to be
I'll beyond caring by then. Same for my portfolio.
For most Tesla owners charging is not a problem on their fast growing reliable and extensive charging network. A fact that is rarely mentioned in these news stories.
Hey NBC, do an update.
This story is a bit misleading as it pertains to the trip from Houston to Austin. I do this trip frequently in my EV. 1. It only takes 80% battery power for my VW ID4 to get from Downtown Austin to Downtown Houston. 2. Traveling via I-10, there are several chargers on route. Katy, Texas, Sealy, Texas and Columbus, Texas. There are even level 2 chargers in LaGrange, Texas with Fast Charging chargers due to be complete by December of 2023. Even if Jake took 290 from Houston to Austin, that's 10 miles closer and should have had ample range if he hadn't taken the back roads "scenic" route requiring more travel. Bottom line, there are fast charging options on the route from Austin to Houston. Although, the Chevy Bolt that was used in this story gets an EPA of 259 miles and Houston to Austin is only a 159-163 mile drive, I do agree that more chargers are needed across Texas.
More charger installations from EA, ChargePoint, electrify, America, and others won’t matter. If you just Google, or check, Reddit, how many EA chargers don’t work, They are all trash. So if those other companies add another hundred thousand trash charges that may work or fail with the flip a coin you’re just going to have more trash. Double the trash is still trash.
Rewarding a company who builds trash chargers with $7.5 billion to install more trash chargers is like rewarding a bad dog for bad behavior. It’s already a failure
Biden needs to mandate that they fix all the trash chargers BEFORE cutting them a check to install more trash.
Your problem is your driving a Chevrolet and using Electrify American. Most EV owners own Tesla’s like me and have no problems. I've been from Southern California to Maine with no problems, including driving all over Texas.
500k?😂 By 2030 they will need 20 million charging stations after everyone has purched an EV.
Everyone should be able to charge at home, work or at least some other place like the gym otherwise getting an EV is just too much of a hassle. If we can do that we won't need that many rapid chargers as most people could make do with a single charge for most journeys.
There should be incentives for fueling stations to get DC chargers it would make the most sense for everyone
Where is all this surplus electricity coming from? 🤷🏻♂️😂😂😂😂
Remember taxpayers will pay for this no matter what they want you to think… ice vehicle drivers will subsidize EV drivers …
What a broke joke, 💔 no thanks on those electric vehicles. Buy one in 2090. Five minutes to gas up, 15 minutes later I'm charging.
Comparing the gas stations buildup in America taking many decades to electric chargers is completely idiotic. A gas station takes months, even years is some city locations, to plan and build with all sorts of safety requirements due to the very real danger and explosive volatility of gasoline. While a charging location is built in days or a week or two at the most. Think about this, one small startup company did it not only in the entire US, but in Europe and China in a single decade. That's of course Tesla. Yet they doubt that this can be done with all the tens of billions being poured into it by so many companies? Do they even stop to think about things before doing a story like this?
Couldn't have said it better myself. While I do have some reservations regarding where tesla got the money to build out the network I can't deny that theirs works and is basically everywhere you need it.
Let's fix that companies pledge to CONTINUE building EV charging across the US a thing they have been doing and will continue to do
I would be scared to drive with the way they stay real close but when I ask I ? No response from so called adults with your network back to you invisible ink
Why Tesla IS KING!!!! Will not buy any other EV
I trust our "high" ranking political leaders will exercise their right to insider trading by investing in the companies who will install the charging stations approved by our political leaders. That's how it works. Pelosi said it herself. This insider trading practice is "our right" she said it..
AND GUESS WHERE ALL THE EV BATTERIES ARE BEING MANUFACTURED
Electric cars are riding fire bombs controlled by demons you'll never see
Most in China, Korea and Japan, but many are made in the United States with new factories coming on line at the end of next quarter. It will take a global effort to supply the assembly lines with packs. Btw, your caps lock is on.
@@PumpUptheJam81 nope just another way for China to control U.S.A
USA and China. Tesla makes most of their batteries here in the US
@@iKingRPG wait till they go into mass production MADE IN CHINA = just like the f’n iPhone & everything at Walmart. Are you getting my point yet? U.S.A Made in China
Sleepy Joe, I’m tired of pushing my EV around. Where are all the chargers you promised?
Of course the charging network outside of the Tesla network is sparse and unreliable.
You rarely if ever hear of Tesla owners complaining about the Tesla charging network having problems. Tesla car software is tied into their charging network so long distance driving plan is out there fior Tesla drivers from start to finish destination before you even leave your driveway. You know where the Tesla chargers are and the status of the charging stations before you get there. Rarely if ever is there a EV charging story mentioning the superiority and bigger size of the Tesla charging network. All the other charging networks driving other EVs, you have a great problem story. Funny that about 90% of the EVs out on the road are Teslas and they dominate the EV sales market, but the news stories concentrate on the small 10% of the other EVs and their notorious unreliable charging network.
The experts say our grid can cope,
With EVs charging, giving hope.
But investments are needed, we must confess,
To ensure smooth charging, no power stress.
Biden's timeline for EVs is bold,
Yet doubts about infrastructure unfold.
The US may not be fully prepared,
For the electric wave that's declared.
The Pacific Northwest Lab's report does state,
The current grid can handle a certain weight.
24 million EVs, until twenty twenty-eight,
But with smarter charging, it's not too late.
If owners charge when electricity is cheap,
The power grid can handle a greater heap.
65 million EVs, a staggering feat,
With smart usage, our worries may retreat.
Chevy bolt EUV range is 247 miles. From Houston to Austin is 165 miles taking 290 east. He should have had 82 miles to spare unless he was going 80 MPH.. Weird
That is until the AC condenser has to do something, and add in stop and go traffic with AC running. It makes sense that he "barely" made it. Thankfully, improvements to battery technology will come sooner than infrastructure plans in my opinion at least. I expect the average new EV to be 400-600 miles of range by 2030 at least.
President Biden needs to mandate electric vehicles for every American household and completely ban Gasoline and Diesel vehicles now.
Do you want a car that will catch fire at the drop of a hat?
@@stringmonkey568 EV's are actually less likely to catch fire than an ICE car. New battery tech will mean fires are all but impossible.
i wish but unfortunately there arent enough EVs yet.
@Toenails LOL! Like Bidumb haven’t mandate anything that works. Just look at America now…a laughing stock around the world by people who’d brains & common sense…🤣
You must be delusional like Bidumb, “IF” you think that every Americans can afford a $30-$50K EV cars. Heck! Over 80% of people can’t even afford a $4-$5 gas and struggling to feed their families…SMH!!!
Also mandatory for every gas station to provide DC charging
My 5th grader could do a better job and be honest unlike you bro
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THE MATERIALS TO MAKE THE TOXIC BATTERIES WILL BE COMPLETELY MINED OUT THE BUREA OF MINING HAS CONFIRMED! What’s the backup plan horse and buggies?
Bro really pulled out the toxic batteries excuse... Follow the money my man. EV production is ramping up, battery prices are decreasing and so are the prices of raw materials.
That sounds like a market where supply exceeds demand don't you think?
Also as for your comment about how toxic the batteries are... Feel free to inhale the exhaust plumes from every gas car on the road. I heard that's real healty stuff.
Ev’s sucks please stay away😟