9 hours ago, Elkski said:

I realize i would charge at home.  Probably try to use solar.   But the whole of Thailand can fit in Utah and Nevada.   When we take a road trip it can be 500 miles or 800 easy.   On the open remote highways I'm just saying you will need charging station numbers that reflect the difference in times to fill a tank with petrol and to charge a battery and % of ev's to accommodate the same vehicle numbers.   In these wide open places increasing the foot print of a charging station will be easy but in more rural areas how will they fit?  And the real estate will cost so much more   

Or will people rent ice for long trips or need to keep the old one? 

What about road trips into the back country?  Its one thing to have a gas can but a dead battery 20 miles from nowhere is going to be expensive to solve.  Can you charge one ev from another? 

 

Towns and cities will need very few EV charging Stations (CS) because they will only be used by travelers from another distant town.

 

Pretty much every EV has a range of over 300km, so if you are going on a long trip you need a CS every 250km and if visiting someone not as far as 300km then you need one every 150km so you can charge up on the way back.

 

What we are likely to see is large EV charging parks on major highways, current petrol stations are likely to convert to EV and hopefully will display an indicator displaying number of free slots, they are about every 5-15km so likely to be plenty.  Smart entrepreneurs may build CS with 100's of spots with multiple restaurants/coffee shops etc.

 

Most EV's today do offer the ability to charge on EV from another, but very slowly and I don't see that taking off.  Range anxiety is something only new owners of an EV or non-owners worry about.  I did until I did my first long distance trip on highway 1, then I realised there were dozens of chargers.

9 hours ago, Elkski said:

I realize i would charge at home.  Probably try to use solar.   But the whole of Thailand can fit in Utah and Nevada.   When we take a road trip it can be 500 miles or 800 easy.   On the open remote highways I'm just saying you will need charging station numbers that reflect the difference in times to fill a tank with petrol and to charge a battery and % of ev's to accommodate the same vehicle numbers.   In these wide open places increasing the foot print of a charging station will be easy but in more rural areas how will they fit?  And the real estate will cost so much more   

Or will people rent ice for long trips or need to keep the old one? 

What about road trips into the back country?  Its one thing to have a gas can but a dead battery 20 miles from nowhere is going to be expensive to solve.  Can you charge one ev from another? 

 

using an electric car is different from using an internal combustion engine (ICE) car. if you cannot make a few adjustments to benefit from a battery electric vehicle (BEV), it's advisable to stick with your ICE car. BEV are not for everyone ...

 

typically, a BEV user charges the car to around 95% at home. in thailand, long-distance trips are usually not a problem, this has been proven by so many EV owners. exception, maybe some waiting time on public holidays at popular areas would be the only inconvenience ...

 

and if it's too much to take a 20-30 minute break on a long trip for charging every two hours, then electric cars may not be suitable for you. personally, i do at least one longer-distance trip (400 km) per month with two 20-minute breaks for restroom stops! depending on the car, charging on the road is not even necessary ...

 

to assess whether an electric car is suitable for you or not, i recommend taking a test drive and gathering basic information only from BEV owners. this is a good way to determine if a BEV, given the current technology (which improves every year), is something worth considering for you ...