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The grocery store won't be giving away the electricity for free. Maybe they'll subsidise it a bit if they realise that offering charging brings more traffic to
by Reason077 7y ago
The grocery store won't be giving away the electricity for free. Maybe they'll subsidise it a bit if they realise that offering charging brings more traffic to their store. But it won't be free any more than gas stations give away free gas!
The electricity grid already extends to most workplaces, most urban streets, most parking lots. Destination charging, where you're plugging in for hours rather than minutes, doesn't need a huge industrial grid connection like super-fast charging hubs do. Sure, infrastructure needs to be developed, but it's manageable and it will happen easily enough once the demand is there.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoI wonder how much capacity it takes to power a parking lot full of street lights vs a parking lot full of Teslas. I imagine it's a wide gap - each Tesla draws about 1.4 kW[1], while each streetlight draws 80 watts[2]. [1] https://www.pluglesspower.com/learn/tesla-model-s-charging-home-public-autonomously/ https://www.pluglesspower.com/learn/tesla-model-s-charging-h... [2] https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/MarinaAvetisyan.shtml https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/MarinaAvetisyan.shtml