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Originally Posted by spinner
For electric cars to be a successful replacement of petroleum-burning cars, their recharge cycle will have to be user-friendly and the energy to be plentiful. That is, retail five-minute fast recharge stations.
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This is not a requirement at all. In fact one of the coolest things about electric cars is that they would eliminate trips to the smelly ole gas stations all together. For daily use you will charge at home overnight. On long trips you will not be driving a pure EV, you will be driving an extended range EV (like the Volt), a hybrid or plug in hybrid, an air-car (maybe), or a normal fuel burner.
If you take long trips often an EV might not be for you in the first place. My daily commute is under 40 miles round trip so an EV would be perfect for me most days.