Engineering Professor Answers Electric Car Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

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Professor Willett Kempton joins WIRED to answer the internet's most interesting questions about electric cars. Has Elon Musk's high profile public persona affected Tesla sales? Will electric cars ever charge as quickly as pumping gas for a traditional combustion engine? Why can't Americans by Chinese EVs? Answers to these questions and more await on Electric Car Support. 0:00 Electric Car Support 0:16 Electric Cars: How? 1:09 Car go vroom 2:01 How environmentally friendly are electric cars? 3:05 EV range standards 4:00 EV maintenance 4:28 China’s cheap EVs 5:27 EVs carbon footprint 5:53 Hydrogen cars? 6:47 Do EV batteries last longer than the car? 7:12 The Fiat 500e 7:31 Oh, Elon 7:57 Acceleratrix? 8:03 Fast charging 9:33 Solar panels on cars 9:57 The EV whirrrrr noise 10:11 v2g or v2h 10:47 Cheap solid state batteries? 11:12 Batteries been burnin 11:57 The Waiting is the Hardest Part 12:24 Wireless EV charging 13:02 They go to a big farm upstate where they can run and play all day 13:31 Will electric cars replace gas powered cars? 14:12 EV sales 14:33 Endless charging! 14:51 Gas Stations and Chargers Director: Justin Wolfson Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan Editor: Richard Trammell Expert: Willett Kempton Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen Associate Producer: Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Supervising Casting Producer: Thomas Giglio Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss Sound Mixer: Brett Van Deusen Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo Assistant Editor: Billy Ward Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►https://instagram.com/wired Twitter ►►http://www.twitter.com/wired Facebook ►►https://www.facebook.com/wired Tik Tok ►►https://www.tiktok.com/@wired Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.