What If?
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Remember... Whatever solutions you can think of will require XXX amount of Maintenance and ongoing support... There is also the issue of weather, ICE, Snow, Storms, etc., so anything that is not completely ruggedized and self-contained, or could be wiped out by a plow in any state North of the Mason Dixon would be very hard to implement in any form of ongoing basis. Solar roofs? Those are a very different story, and make a ton of sense commercially and residentially in certain areas, or with defined payback windows in mind.
Things like cable-free roads that charge your vehicles currently cost about $2MM / Per Mile. Not exactly what you need outside of a designated zone inside of perhaps a heavily-traveled urban city street frequented by Fleets doing last mile delivery (for example)
At the end of the day, and if you already own an EV, you've probably come to realize that "range anxiety" is not something that is commonly experienced - quite the opposite. When you wake up at home everyday and have 70%SOC, you have LESS anxiety for day-to-day normal driving activities (particularly if your vehicle will afford you ~350 miles of range, which the new Scout may be entirely capable of providing)... The only anxiety I have ever felt was on a road trip, reaching a DCFC and realizing that power was throttled to the charger, or that a charger was not working and I had to wait for someone to unplug).
Infrastructure keeps getting better and better, adapters are available, Tesla has opened a bunch of NACS chargers to all vehicles, etc. I would say anxiety is more of a term used by O&G proponents than by EV owners at this point, when considering everyday driving... Road trips do require a bit more planning, and I tend to schedule charging stops around meal times (which just so happened to be spaced out perfectly for when I get hungry and need a break anyway)... There are so many chargers at malls and intentionally located near good food. DCFC chargers tend to be very strategically placed for road trips. Personally, I never use them unless I am on a long road trip.
Things like cable-free roads that charge your vehicles currently cost about $2MM / Per Mile. Not exactly what you need outside of a designated zone inside of perhaps a heavily-traveled urban city street frequented by Fleets doing last mile delivery (for example)
At the end of the day, and if you already own an EV, you've probably come to realize that "range anxiety" is not something that is commonly experienced - quite the opposite. When you wake up at home everyday and have 70%SOC, you have LESS anxiety for day-to-day normal driving activities (particularly if your vehicle will afford you ~350 miles of range, which the new Scout may be entirely capable of providing)... The only anxiety I have ever felt was on a road trip, reaching a DCFC and realizing that power was throttled to the charger, or that a charger was not working and I had to wait for someone to unplug).
Infrastructure keeps getting better and better, adapters are available, Tesla has opened a bunch of NACS chargers to all vehicles, etc. I would say anxiety is more of a term used by O&G proponents than by EV owners at this point, when considering everyday driving... Road trips do require a bit more planning, and I tend to schedule charging stops around meal times (which just so happened to be spaced out perfectly for when I get hungry and need a break anyway)... There are so many chargers at malls and intentionally located near good food. DCFC chargers tend to be very strategically placed for road trips. Personally, I never use them unless I am on a long road trip.
Agreed. I'm on my third EV. It makes the most sense for my use case and I have zero range anxiety.
I just saw on TikTok a video of BMW camera cleaners. They flooded the camera and surrounding surfaces with washer fluid. (I am not sure if they are real or just some TikToker's creation.) I believe that for most situations an air blast would be as efficient, particularly if there is a compressor for an air ride or leveling. The need is high whether it is rain or snow/ice, particularly for the main forward and backup cameras AND the RADAR that controls vehicle spacing and speed. I suppose it would be nice to extend some sort of cleaning tech to the proximity sensors in the bumpers, too, but I'd be happy with just the main fore & aft lenses/radars which are becoming essential to driving.
The front pre-collision sensors on my Bronco ice up all the time. An efficient cleaner for winter would have to use washer fluid and i am not a fan of applying washer fluid to painted surfaces. What is wild is that sensors and cameras if not painted certainly have a body colored surface and if they can "see" through that what's a little mud and snow.
BTW, your radar sensors are probably in your windshield behind the rear view mirror
