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Will there even need to be any? Chargers will be everywhere. They're at hotels, restaurants, ski areas, grocery stores, etc. Tnere's almost no place you can't put one. Not to mention every house could have them. I'd be willing to bet they'll start popping up at rest areas, if they haven't already. Convenience stores? Meh...
we have them at at least a handful of rest areas here in CT on a smaller main highway (15 north/south). Haven't noted if they've got a bank of then on the major NJ or CT rest stops yet, haven't been down to the parent's in a while
massages, handies, quickies, showers, same as any truck stop where they have to be stopped for an extended time.The Crusted one made some good points here.Anyone that has dealt with a "gas station" could easily understand this.
As we were always told, the fuel sales didnt pay for shit or make $$ Its was the C-store, the convenience store shit food and fountain drink that Americans suck in like carp grazing on salmon eggs that makes money Sugar rich junk packaged food. The gasoline was just there to lure in the obese Fat-boy pickup truck driving slobs. Like sugar to ants.Soooooooo
What would an E-charge station C-store look like ? What will the MuskMobile nation pilots be drawn to ?? fern bars ? Orgo-Seaweed flakes ? Spirulina smootheezes ??
Do you read what you type?
fwiw a friend of my father just sold a gas station last year after owning it for 15yrs, he says the same thing, not much profit in fuel. his profits came from the junk in the store and the carwash.
Or go on an extended offroad 4X4 trip with no services. I'd like to see someone explain how they're going to carry a couple of cans of electrons.
Doesn't make the product worth a shit.bunch of stuck up ****s in here
a business in america actually building a product in america and doing so successfully is a good thing for america, despite if i want what theyre selling, jobs for americans is great
where in my post did i say it was worth a shit?
The story was... if we deregulate the electric monopoly the fair market and competition will drive prices down.... What happened was they colluded to do maintenance and repairs all at the same time to manipulate the market, creating a shortage, and driving prices up.
Most people Monday - Friday drive to work, go pickup the kids from school, go to the grocery store, go to dinner, etc. Not road trip. With an EV the gas station is at home. I drive 60 miles round trip everyday. I don’t have to find a charger once a week to charger. I get home, plug it into my welding plug with an adapter and wake up with a full tank.
So does Mrs roundhouse
Won’t happen in my lifetime
They did that here with the natural gas .
See my 800 miles one way. Electric car doing that.
No, and there won’t be for a while. Right now it’s a luxury market car. I will say as far as maintenance. Three years, 49,000 miles. $0 spent on maintenance. I’ll need tires before it starts snowing here and I put windshield wiper fluid in it.
Agreed. Charging is everywhere in the big cities because people don’t live in homes like they do in rural areas. No home = no at home charging. I wouldn’t own an EV if I lived in the city. To inconvenient.
Also agree. They aren’t everywhere. Don’t plan on doing that drive so not worried about it.
Depends on the condo association. I’m sure there’s some out there that have done it. I know of a few work offices that have installed 4 chargers for less than $25,000. Sounds like it would be a great setup for your dad IF he could charge at home. But again, no charger at home, no EV for me.
See above. I wouldn’t own one either. Not saying they are perfect and everyone needs to run and buy one right this second. But I think they are a lot further along than most people think.
What I was saying is an electric car won’t drive 140 miles and THEN go up a steep mountain .
huh?
I'm really not disagreeing with you here on many of your points. Except this one. I don't know if a Tesla holds the equivalent of 6 gallons or not. But of a 30 gallon fuel tank, only about 10 gallons will be turned into usable energy. The rest of it is turned to waste heat. So, a battery only needs to hold the equivalent energy of 10 gallons plus the waste heat created while discharging. I don't know how much that is, but an electric motor is usually over 90% efficient compared to an ICE's ~30% rating. So, maybe the target for the electric vehicle is 11 gallons equivalent or something.
Agree with commuter. How many of us have a commuter highway shitbox and then our real vehicle that we drive when not going to and from the job. The main requirements for most people for that category of car is cheap (ownership and operation), and reliable
If I could find a hybrid or electric car that sat 6-7 people, had awd, got over 30MPG (Hybrid) or had 200+ miles of range (Electric) for under $10k (used) I would buy it.
