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Posted in: Osaka's great EV taxi experiment does a slow burnout See in context

Using an EV (no backup engine or hybrid) for a taxi application is just stupid. Anyone who is the least bit familiar with EVs could have predicted this outcome. Let's see, take a vehicle that has limited (Nissan claiming "up to" 75 mi or 120 km) that has long refueling times and limited refueling locations and apply it to a commercial vehicle that needs to drive continuously for at least an 8 hour shift and hopefully hand off to a second shift after that. Even with the optimistic, brand-new battery recharge time of 10 minutes, it is inconceivable to have to drive to a charging station and then spend 10 (much less 40) minutes recharging after every couple of fares. Anyone who's ever owned a battery powered device knows that a new battery is WAY better than a year old battery. So, the optimistic "up to" 120 km quickly becomes 60 km or more likely 25-30 km in real world driving (e.g. with heat or a/c) and you quickly are down to a useless vehicle.

Dumb from the start.

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