Coming soon is a new book aiming to help electric car owners rise above the limits that would be imposed by Range Anxiety. By learning Range Confidence we can drive further on electricity, using our electric car to its fullest rather than having to resort to gasoline.
Many voices want us to believe that electric cars are limited, and the only cure for those limits is gasoline. In truth electricity is everywhere and with careful choices one can travel pretty much everywhere on electricity. Of course not all trips will be doable on electricity because at this time (December 2015) the charging networks aren’t sufficiently built to do so. As electric cars become more popular, the charging networks will be built out, letting us put these worries behind us – just as happened a hundred years ago with the spread of gasoline stations.
This book is currently being written, and draws heavily on content already present on this site. The current outline is:
- Introduction
- The Range Anxiety story that would limit us
- A brief history of Range Anxiety
- Learning Range Confidence (source: End your Range Anxiety by developing range confidence)
- Step 1 – Map your trips to know how far you need to drive
- Step 2 – Know your local EV charging terrain
- Step 3 – Getting around town with your electric vehicle
- Step 4 – Set up charging at home, at work, or nearby
- Step 5 – Prefer electric cars with fast charging
- Step 6 – Register for membership with charging station networks
- Step 7 – Smart phone apps
- Electric vehicle charging advice
- Calculating effective trip speed – Fast charging cars more valuable (source: Calculating effective trip speed – Fast charging cars more valuable)
- Understanding charging rates and effective trip speed (source: Best electric car charging rate – fast, normal, slow – getting optimum driving flexibility, Electric car charging rates, how fast, how slow, what we need, and why)
- Charging levels – Level 1, Level 2, DC Fast Charging, etc
- A Field Guide to electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE’s) (source: EV DC Fast Charging standards – CHAdeMO, CCS, SAE Combo, Tesla Supercharger, etc)
