Another way to look at it is that 4 in 5 EV owner don’t want to go back to ICE, and the main reason why some went back had to do with slow home charging.
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Despite human inventiveness and ingenuity, we still lag far behind the elegant and efficient solutions forged by nature over millions of years of evolution.
This also applies for buildings, where animals and plants, have developed extremely effective digging methods, for example, that are far more energy-efficient than modern tunnelling machines, and even self-repairing foundations that are unusually resistant to erosion and earthquakes (yep, we re talking about roots here).
Researchers from all over the world are therefore seeking inspiration in nature to develop the buildings of the future, and researchers from Aarhus University and University of California Davis have now in collaboration published an article in the scientific journal
Some California EV Owners Allegedly Switch Back to Gas
One research study shows evidence that some owners find charging their EVs a hassle and return to gas-powered cars. JAMES LIPMAN / JAMESLIPMAN.COM
Roughly 20 percent of electric vehicle owners in California replaced their cars with gas ones, a new UC Davis study shows.
The main reason drivers made the switch was the inconvenience of charging according to the study.
The study’s findings suggest new challenges facing the growth of the EV market, though much of the research is up to nine years old.
In a study published in the journal
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In the UCD study, a major factor in going back to gasoline was a lack of 240-volt Level 2 charging facilities at home, which can be an issue in apartments, or houses with street parking. Half of those who had access to Level 2 home charging would continue to own a PHEV or EV, while of those giving up on EVs, only 29 per cent could charge on 240 volts at home.
Among all those surveyed, concerns with charging cost, reliability, range, and EV safety were about the same for everyone, and it was home charging that pushed some off the edge.
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