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Ahh HeadSet, I understand you're trying to make a point but I disagree with the car/plane analogy. And every point you made about these said issues with cars, accidents, etc... already exist, understood, and the costs, policies, and processes already factored into our daily lives.

Specialized EVs won't affect private owners as much as you think, except in places they're deployed at scale, for this particular tech needing massive overhauls to existing infrastructures there. We all know buses, trains, ferries, ships, etc... all manner of publicly and or privately managed and operated modes of transportation (putting aside quality issues for now) have not made private cars obsolete nor too expensive. Even the largest scale autonomous EVs (assume possible) fleet would not come close to the volume of these other modes available. I foresee the same non-affect with large scale autonomous EVs deployments.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/09/30/largest-ev-charging-station-in-the-world-uses-diesel-powered-generators/

Largest EV Charging Station In World Powered By Diesel-Powered Generators

The Harris Ranch Tesla Supercharger station is an impressive beast. With 98 charging bays, the facility in Coalinga, California, is the largest charging station in the world. But to provide that kind of power takes something solar can’t provide — diesel generators.

September 30, 2023

Patrick says

That small generator would take a very long time to charge that car. Also needs to be inverter generator. My estimate is that a generator operating at Level One draw would run for an hour on a gallon of gas, giving the car about 4 miles in range. A gallon of gas in a comparable sized piston car would get at least 20 miles of range.

HeadSet says

Patrick says

That small generator would take a very long time to charge that car. Also needs to be inverter generator. My estimate is that a generator operating at Level One draw would run for an hour on a gallon of gas, giving the car about 4 miles in range. A gallon of gas in a comparable sized piston car would get at least 20 miles of range.

The most effective way to charge a dead EV is flat-towing it.