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Comment Build more chargers! (Score 1) 426

There are many suggestions for reducing the queues, but in reality, there is just one somple way to resolve it:

Build more chargers.

If there is already a problem with queues for the chargers, it will only become worse as more EVs hit the road.

Take it from a country with 80% of new cars being EVs: Build more chargers!

Comment Re:Can't afford a 50 thousand dollar car (Score 1) 202

Indeed. In Norway (more than 80% of new cars are BEVs), I see most new changers being built around retail/supermarkets. When we travel we typically charge while shopping or while having a meal. We recently charged at a gas station, but it now looks more like a cafeteria with a few gas pumps and a row of chargers.

Comment No, it is not a smartphone on wheels. (Score 3) 32

The problem for some people seems to be able to understand that an EV is just a car with a different drivetrain.
It is NOT just a new gadget to deploy software on. The software is not the main component of the car.
In real life it has been evident that the software is not the main selling point. Look at VW. Their software is considered to be pretty bad, but they are still one of the top selling EV manufacturers. Because the cars are really good cars.
Then again, pelople will say "look at Tesla". Well, Tesla had the market to themselves for quite some time, so they could take their time learning how to build cars with little or no competition..

Comment Re:400 sites around the US by 2027 (Score 1) 88

2500 is for one supplier. There will be competing suppliers, so the number will be a lot higher. Also, if the demand increases, more will be buit.
Where I live, this used to be a problem, but with 80% of all new cars being pure EV, there are chargers pretty much everywhere. There may be queues on busy days/times though.

Comment Re: free idea: phys eject for the charging plug/ca (Score 2) 88

Have not tested it, but I was told that the car will not move when the cable is plugged in. Which kakes sense, as when charging overnight at home, I would not like to have the plug ripped violently out if I forgot that it was plugged in. Then again, I live in a first world country where crime is not a huge concern.

Comment Re:Unions are a good thing generally. Although... (Score 1) 40

I have watched unionlized companies go through the changes you mention time after time. If the business has established a mutually respectfull cooperation with the union, then it may be a problem, but nothing that cannot be achieved. In most cases it is about being honest, and fair.

Comment Re:Unions are a good thing generally. Although... (Score 1) 40

There is no contradiciton between the two. If it is seen as such, it is because most Americans do not seem to understand that unions need not be ablueprint of what you think it is. Unions make agreements with the employers on behalf of its members. It is between the employer and the union what the agreement covers.
Although for most unions, it looks prety much the same, there is no mandatory blueprint. As an example, the union I am mamber of encourage individual compensation. That is because the union organize highly skiller workers (engineers etc), and all recognize that the jobs may be vastly different in scope and requirements. That is not a problem at all.

Comment Re:Unions are a good thing generally. Although... (Score 2) 40

You have apparently drank the employers cool aid.

I work in an environment which is largely unionized. I have NEVER seen any claim from the employers that this causes less productivity. On the contrary. Instead of worrying about how to afford food on the table, being able to get healtcare and if some manager fire you because "they can", the workers can concentrate on doing their job to the best of their ability. And they actually do.

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