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Tesla Installing Countermeasures as People Are Hacking the Cables Off Superchargers (futurism.com)
submitted 2 days ago by CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Just get rid of the charging stations. It's ridiculous that EV owners should expect to charge their cars anywhere but at home or at work.

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[–] Skunk@jlai.lu 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I really like the "thermal runaway thing" expression, and yeah it is a false equivalency but it’s a funny one.

EV charging and the tech around it can be slow today, but it doesn’t mean we should abandon and go back to what we know is working (as some people want to). This is a recipe for zero innovation and not the way to become a Star Trek like civilization.

In my city there are electric buses that charge in a few seconds at some stops along the route. No overhead wires, no big diesel engines and no noise.

We just need to work and improve those new vehicles, find better than the actual EV and combustion engines as well.

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which buses are those?

My position is that the development of long range BEVs (and all the externalities associated with manufacturing and disposing of these batteries) has been an incredible detour. We already had the technology for fuel cell EVs with as much range as ICE vehicles. Meanwhile, short range BEVs are great because they solve the problem of refueling and avoid the problem of recharging, since you can do it while you sleep work. Long range BEVs just trade refueling for "fast" recharging, which is actually slower and more inconvenient than refueling. Where we really need innovation and development is in mass, public transit.