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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: bacon ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Red Barchetta Blues
Date: 03/11/23 10:26 AM
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It will take a long time to ramp up battery production to the level it will take to replace gas and diesel.

It also will take a while to speed up battery charging times to the point I can get the battery charged to 400mi range in the same 3-5 minutes I can get my gasoline tank filled to that 400mi range. Or to tweak the engineering (and EV construction/assembly paradigms) so that those charging stations can simply swap out battery packs in the same amount of time some oil change stations are bragging about achieving. I have better things to do with my time than sitting around at a charging station for 30 minutes--or even 15 minutes.

It'll also take quite a while to get our electricity distribution grid upgraded and built out to be able to handle the electricity load of all those chargers charging.

Eric Hines
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