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Have seen several charging stations in Florida. They are in the parking lots of outlet shopping centers. That makes some sense for the person who parks, plugs in, and spends a couple hours shopping.
I don't see the benefit of moving to electric cars. Fossil fuels like coal are used to generate electricity. Doesn't seem like that is any better than oil being used for producing gasoline.
I hope this doesn't hijack the OP's original question, but this needs to be answered:
It's much more efficient, and less harmful to the environment, to generate that electricity at a power plant, than burn it in your car. Power plants take advantage of economy-of-scale, and will burn less fuel, and generate less pollution. Especially as in the US the price of natural gas has dropped, so the fossil fulls more often burnt will be NG, than oil or coal. NG is way cleaner than those, (yes they all generate CO2, but so does burning gas in your tank, and central plants are vastly more likely to get CO2 scrubbers than your Toyota).
Remember, there were electric cars before there were any other types. The main problem with electric is their cost and weight of the batteries and lack of infrastructure (charging points). These are all being improved.
I don't see the benefit of moving to electric cars. Fossil fuels like coal are used to generate electricity. Doesn't seem like that is any better than oil being used for producing gasoline.
Only 1.7% of our energy is produced from coal making it the smallest contributor. Hydro produces the vast majority. Nuclear and natural gas are the next biggest sources.
Tesla's charging stations can be found along most interstates making extended road trips with them entirely possible.
Charging stations are not the best way to charge. They need to build charging rails on the roads and highways so that your car runs off on the road electrified rails or wiring. Just like many trolley trains.
Only 1.7% of our energy is produced from coal making it the smallest contributor
Here we go with the blatant and stupid lies to support our political agenda. You're going to pretty much burn some carbon based fuel in the USA to get the electricity needed for these electric cars. Considering that the infrastructure isn't there, hope you like having your brown outs. Wind generators are coming online but wind is like some of the intelligence in threads like these-it comes and it goes. Same goes with tidal generators, they don't always make energy when the tides are slack. Solar would be dandy if it was daylight 24/7, but it isn't. We could have microwave energy supplied to us by satellites 24/7 but your Gov't won't allow it. It is feasible and NASA uses it daily. There are also zero emissions engines that are available to make electricity but again, you can't have it. Follow the tax dollars and you'll know why you can't have it. Electric cars are the political folly of the decade. Give it a little more time and it'll be done....kinda like the gas shortages of the 1970's. We were supposed to be completely out of oil by year 2000. Amazing stuff that oil, it just keeps coming back...or is it that enough money has been thrown at it filling some politicians pockets. Follow the money people....
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I think my car would need more than 2 minutes to charge.
my evil TDI goes over 1200 miles per fill... so I only need one (5min) stop every couple days or so. (any Donut / Fryer / chicken / Mexican / Chinese cafe will do)
Ironic that I helped add 'plug-in-parking' power to all our company manf sites in USA (in 1976...)
Someday.... we will figure it out.
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(any Donut / Fryer / chicken / Mexican / Chinese cafe will do)
