From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 3/7/2025 5:13 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:vqdtqf$3cnfa$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   >> This laptop is on grid power because several days of overcast have   
   >> depleted my batteries. What's left is for the freezer overnight. I can   
   >> let the LiFePO4s stay low but the AGMs may sulfate if not recharged soon.   
   >   
   > Running on alternate energy makes me the power plant engineer, which   
   > certainly isn't for everyone. As a kid we had hand-fired coal heat so   
   > I'm used to paying attention to the demands of non-automatic energy. I   
   > bought an electrically heated house and installed a wood stove that I   
   > could feed for free, the cost being my effort to harvest dead trees from   
   > across the street. Keeping up was difficult when I was working and   
   > attending night school.   
   >   
   > Luckily today has begun sunny. A clear day easily recharges the   
   > batteries, hazy or partly cloudy makes that questionable and overcast   
   > cuts the output to 10%.   
   >   
   > https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3802915-new-   
   > england-grapples-with-sky-high-electricity-rates-as-ukraine-war-   
   > squeezes-gas-supply/   
   >   
   > This winter the rate is still over $0.20 per KWH.   
   >   
      
      
   My whole thing is there is to be a CHEAP EV for there to be real   
   traction.  I don't mean a golf cart or a scooter either.  The biggest   
   problem is with all the modern mandatory standards I think its nearly   
   impossible to produce ANY cheap car that isn't a toy.   
      
      
   I don't think the VW ID.1 is cheap enough.  There has to be a car the   
   somebody can afford when they get their first pay or second bump above   
   starting wage.   
      
   AS Jim alluded to.  The problem is mostly economic.  I don't think   
   "range anxiety" is the problem for a first car buyer.  155 mile range   
   (ID.1 basic battery) will get must of them to work or to school every day.   
      
   Infrastructure might be an issue for some, but many can charge at home.   
      
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