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Yeah, it does seem odd. Perhaps it's about the path of least resistance. Laying power lines, contracting with the grid, and so forth is a bunch of up front inve

• asciimike 5y ago
  In the hierarchy of moving things around, from difficult to easy: - natural gas (building a pipeline) - electricity (generation, transformers, high voltage lines, etc.) - bits (copper, fiber, microwave, cellular, satellite all are viable for low bandwidth operation) It's orders of magnitude in terms of cost difference. The issue with superchargers is mostly that these places are in the middle of nowhere--nobody is going to be driving their Tesla across the Permian.
  • ip26 5y ago
    There is no city, but Highway 10 runs through the Permian, and Big Bend National Park is just south. Ironically, with Tesla's new plant in Austin a few hundred miles east, there may be a lot of Teslas in the Permian soon.
    • asciimike 5y ago
      Hah, fair. 20 is probably a better choice for superchargers given the location. I was just up in the Bakken and all I saw was F250's. Maybe if Cybertruck ever happens we'll see those adopted instead :)
      • ip26 5y ago
        F150 Lightning perhaps, unless 3/4 ton is table stakes.