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A gas station costs millions of dollars, an environmental impact assessment, regular safety checks, staff to run it, etc, etc. A fast charging station needs a

A gas station costs millions of dollars, an environmental impact assessment, regular safety checks, staff to run it, etc, etc. A fast charging station needs a machine. A gas station requires you to transport the gasoline to the gas station. A fast charging station can be put practically anywhere in a city now. I don't even have a charger at home. I recharge at a fast charger every time. Usually I go shopping, or do some programming or play a game. Not for everybody perhaps, but seriously not as bad as portrayed by this article.

bluGill 7y ago
The companies that build gas stations have processes in place to do all of the above, so it is just a known cost of doing business. It is easy to schedule a truck to get gas to your new station - you don't even need to own it. One correction though, staff is optional. I've used a few unattended stations. You need staff to sell the "junk" that most gas stations also sell, if it is just gas pay at the pump just needs someone to fill the tanks and inspect things once in a while. A charger is actually harder. Processes are not in place (yet!) to roll them out in mass (Tesla might be an exception?). The biggest problem though is fast chargers need enough power that you need to ask the utility where you can put your chargers. Many otherwise ideal places for a fast charger don't have enough enough wires for the load a fast charger adds. If the wires don't already exist you can expect to pay millions to get them there (hundred thousand per mile is a quote someone I know got for a different load he wanted to run)
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neon_electro 7y ago
While this might be convenient for you, I'd be careful about premature battery degradation driven by fast charging too much.
- mikekchar 7y ago
  I had budgeted for this, but so far (1 year in) no measurable degradation. I suspect that this fear is well overblown.

bluGill 7y ago

The companies that build gas stations have processes in place to do all of the above, so it is just a known cost of doing business. It is easy to schedule a truck to get gas to your new station - you don't even need to own it. One correction though, staff is optional. I've used a few unattended stations. You need staff to sell the "junk" that most gas stations also sell, if it is just gas pay at the pump just needs someone to fill the tanks and inspect things once in a while. A charger is actually harder. Processes are not in place (yet!) to roll them out in mass (Tesla might be an exception?). The biggest problem though is fast chargers need enough power that you need to ask the utility where you can put your chargers. Many otherwise ideal places for a fast charger don't have enough enough wires for the load a fast charger adds. If the wires don't already exist you can expect to pay millions to get them there (hundred thousand per mile is a quote someone I know got for a different load he wanted to run)

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neon_electro 7y ago

While this might be convenient for you, I'd be careful about premature battery degradation driven by fast charging too much.

mikekchar 7y ago
I had budgeted for this, but so far (1 year in) no measurable degradation. I suspect that this fear is well overblown.