IMO all e-car chargers should have the same plug so you can charge any electric car anywhere using the same adaptor.
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They will eventually. Everyone is slow to implement it.
Yeah, it's a long video and I admit to skipping through it. Was kind of cool that they have a site in NC.
What I didnt see though, was any mention of price to charge your car. Clearly to build these centers it's going to cost money, I would assume they need to work on a typical corporate mark up after all they need to be profitable. I was disappointed that when testing the charger in NC they did not show the screen to see the price. If I missed the price I would love to know.
They also see the current market as not having enough chargers presently available even if sales fall on their face if the taxpayer incentives are cancelled.
What I didnt see though, was any mention of price to charge your car. Clearly to build these centers it's going to cost money, I would assume they need to work on a typical corporate mark up after all they need to be profitable. I was disappointed that when testing the charger in NC they did not show the screen to see the price. If I missed the price I would love to know.
They also see the current market as not having enough chargers presently available even if sales fall on their face if the taxpayer incentives are cancelled.
It doesn't look like a place I'd want to "top off, charge it up" whatever they call it in the EV world, early in the morning or late at night on a road trip. Or any trip for that matter. Time to hide.
Looks pretty nice to me. My wife would go in here where she wouldn't 8/10 gas stations.
Id love it if my gas stops were actually this nice and clean.
This is way better than standard gas stations with outside restrooms you can smell from 20 feet away where every surface is greasy.
Of course its new and well see how clean they keep it.
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Well, you will have to come to North Carolina for this place! But you will also find the gas stations nicer too.
Well, you will have to come to North Carolina for this place! But you will also find the gas stations nicer too.
No doubt. The stuff on the 5/ 99 corridor here is just nasty.
Its super common for gas stations bathrooms to be permanently "out of order" at places like AM/PM or Valero where gas is cheapest and the top tier places bathrooms are mostly outside and cleaned maybe once a day. You end up walking by a row of beggars that can be pushy or even semi threatening if you are a woman.
When traveling with the wife she's basically looking for a bathroom before we pull out of the driveway, Its beyond my understanding.
Men have it much easier not having to sit (usually) so a trip with the wife is planned around restrooms which means restaurants, or nicer truck stops.
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As someone who's worked outside for nearly my whole working career, every secluded place with a tree or some grass is the proper facilities in a pinch. Usually it's the nicer facilities too.
The bathroom issue isnt a problem for me, although it'd be nice if they weren't disgusting.
It's a problem for Mrs. UD.
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I doubt this particular station will be successful.
It will be interesting to see how the model for an "in town" station works.
No doubt the stations placed right off a freeway will be busy, but Im not sure where a place in a small town miles off the intersection gets its traffic if its competing with 3rd party stations and or superchargers right off the cloverleaf.
It certainly wont catch any locals who own an EV because they'll just charge at home.
It will be interesting to see how the model for an "in town" station works.
No doubt the stations placed right off a freeway will be busy, but Im not sure where a place in a small town miles off the intersection gets its traffic if its competing with 3rd party stations and or superchargers right off the cloverleaf.
It certainly wont catch any locals who own an EV because they'll just charge at home.
Interesting name. Ionna? Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
Oh well if they have good charging experiences and fix chargers when they break unlike EA who leaves things broken for months at a time, I'm sure they'll be well accepted.
At what point do we force EV charging stations to post their per-kwh prices in the same manner that gas stations do? I think this is overdue.
Oh well if they have good charging experiences and fix chargers when they break unlike EA who leaves things broken for months at a time, I'm sure they'll be well accepted.
At what point do we force EV charging stations to post their per-kwh prices in the same manner that gas stations do? I think this is overdue.
I don't use it much, but the Tesla screen Supercharger location display shows number of chargers, number available, speed and rate.
Kind of cool to see an electricity price on a sign like that. That's a first for me.
1.00 US Dollar = 7.1693597 Danish Kroner
per xe.com, at the time of this post.
About US 55 cents per kWh in the pic above.
95 Octane = $1.94/liter, or $7.34 per US gallon
Diesel = $1.77/liter, or $6.69 per US gallon
A half liter of Pepsi and a sandwich = US $6.97.
Cost per mile of fuel in US cents:
My Lightning @2.1 mi per kWh: 26.2
My wife's Mach-E @2.8mi per kWh (highway, constant 75mph/120kmh): 19.6
A theoretical 35MPG gas vehicle: 20.7
US fleet average MPG 25.4: 29.0
A 40 MPG diesel vehicle: 16.4
You can see why the euros drive more diesels.
per xe.com, at the time of this post.
About US 55 cents per kWh in the pic above.
95 Octane = $1.94/liter, or $7.34 per US gallon
Diesel = $1.77/liter, or $6.69 per US gallon
A half liter of Pepsi and a sandwich = US $6.97.
Cost per mile of fuel in US cents:
My Lightning @2.1 mi per kWh: 26.2
My wife's Mach-E @2.8mi per kWh (highway, constant 75mph/120kmh): 19.6
A theoretical 35MPG gas vehicle: 20.7
US fleet average MPG 25.4: 29.0
A 40 MPG diesel vehicle: 16.4
You can see why the euros drive more diesels.
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