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>Today, you're never more than 100 miles from a DC fast charger This is actually a long distance. Let's consider where my in-laws live: Abilene, TX. They are

>Today, you're never more than 100 miles from a DC fast charger This is actually a long distance. Let's consider where my in-laws live: Abilene, TX. They are 80 miles from a fast charger right now. If I drive an EV to visit them, I have to run a 100 ft cable out their house to slow charge my EV (which, I think is SUPER slow). Or, I can drive 80 miles (each way) to recharge and give myself... 120 miles of range "in town"

toomuchtodo 4y ago
If you have a Tesla, there is a Supercharger in the permitting phase a bit east of there (Clyde, TX). If you have a legacy automaker EV, advocate for a non Tesla DC fast charger in town or consider installing a Level 2 charger at your in laws. If we want more infrastructure, we must default to action. I can come to help if you need help installing a L2 charger, or talk to Abilene about their fast DC charging situation. The HEB is the location I’d spec out for an install, with the Mall of Abilene or Market Street grocer a secondary site. There’s also a Walmart that could host an Electrify America CCS Charger. Be patient as we climb the hockey stick adoption rate. Only recently did Buc-ees agree to Superchargers at every national location, for example. (my model S gains 48 miles of range per 12 hours on a 16A 120V circuit, which works for situations like you describe, but faster charging everywhere is welcome)
- clouddrover 4y ago
  > If you have a Tesla, there is a Supercharger in the permitting phase a bit east of there If you have a Tesla. There is no value in single brand chargers. It is profoundly dumb infrastructure. > If you have a legacy automaker EV, advocate for a non Tesla DC fast charger Always advocate for chargers that charge all brands, especially if you have a Tesla. Anything less is just stupid.
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    Tesla is the dominate EV automaker in the US. If they’ll pay for the charger, it absolutely makes sense to let them. They’ve got the deep pockets from selling high margin vehicles at scale. I know, I know, you despise them. Such is life. I don’t swim upstream. https://electrek.co/2022/03/17/tesla-still-dominates-us-electric-car-market/ https://electrek.co/2022/03/17/tesla-still-dominates-us-elec... https://electrek.co/2022/03/10/tesla-tsla-order-rate-surging-us-gas-prices-turning-people-to-electric-cars/ https://electrek.co/2022/03/10/tesla-tsla-order-rate-surging... > Tesla is the biggest EV brand in the US by a long shot. About 80% of all electric cars in the country are Tesla vehicles, and unsurprisingly the company is starting to feel an increase in orders from gas price pressure. > A source familiar with Tesla’s order rate said that the automaker saw it increase 100% this week compared to last in parts of the country particularly affected by gas prices.
    - clouddrover 4y ago
      > If they’ll pay for the charger, it absolutely makes sense to let them. Not if you want to build industry and infrastucture. Lack of direction and fractured infrastructure is part of the reason why America's EV market is only one third the size of Europe's. > I know, I know, you despise them. Then you know nothing. It's funny how you have to resort to emotion rather than addressing the obviously worse situation of single brand chargers and the obviously better outcome of infrastructure than can charge all EVs regardless of brand.
      - toomuchtodo 4y ago
        We just value different outcomes, that’s all. You’re emotionally invested in diversity of ecosystem, and if everything sold is a Tesla, I’m fine with that. Legacy automakers have had years to get their act together, to build charging networks, to deliver on electric mobility, and even now they’re just making a half hearted attempt. If you want better outcomes, build better companies. It’s not Tesla’s fault legacy automakers absolve themselves of innovation and speed. They could swing for the fences too if they wanted to, but that is their choice to make. There’s a reason Teslas sell well: make something people want and they will buy it. GM is discounting their Bolts by $6k and can’t give them away.
        clouddrover 4y ago
        > We just value different outcomes, that’s all. Ah, so now you've changed your tune. It's no longer that I despise Tesla, it's just that we value different outcomes. Your vacillation is boring and dishonest. You should try harder to keep your story straight.

toomuchtodo 4y ago

If you have a Tesla, there is a Supercharger in the permitting phase a bit east of there (Clyde, TX). If you have a legacy automaker EV, advocate for a non Tesla DC fast charger in town or consider installing a Level 2 charger at your in laws. If we want more infrastructure, we must default to action. I can come to help if you need help installing a L2 charger, or talk to Abilene about their fast DC charging situation. The HEB is the location I’d spec out for an install, with the Mall of Abilene or Market Street grocer a secondary site. There’s also a Walmart that could host an Electrify America CCS Charger. Be patient as we climb the hockey stick adoption rate. Only recently did Buc-ees agree to Superchargers at every national location, for example. (my model S gains 48 miles of range per 12 hours on a 16A 120V circuit, which works for situations like you describe, but faster charging everywhere is welcome)

clouddrover 4y ago
> If you have a Tesla, there is a Supercharger in the permitting phase a bit east of there If you have a Tesla. There is no value in single brand chargers. It is profoundly dumb infrastructure. > If you have a legacy automaker EV, advocate for a non Tesla DC fast charger Always advocate for chargers that charge all brands, especially if you have a Tesla. Anything less is just stupid.
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  Tesla is the dominate EV automaker in the US. If they’ll pay for the charger, it absolutely makes sense to let them. They’ve got the deep pockets from selling high margin vehicles at scale. I know, I know, you despise them. Such is life. I don’t swim upstream. https://electrek.co/2022/03/17/tesla-still-dominates-us-electric-car-market/ https://electrek.co/2022/03/17/tesla-still-dominates-us-elec... https://electrek.co/2022/03/10/tesla-tsla-order-rate-surging-us-gas-prices-turning-people-to-electric-cars/ https://electrek.co/2022/03/10/tesla-tsla-order-rate-surging... > Tesla is the biggest EV brand in the US by a long shot. About 80% of all electric cars in the country are Tesla vehicles, and unsurprisingly the company is starting to feel an increase in orders from gas price pressure. > A source familiar with Tesla’s order rate said that the automaker saw it increase 100% this week compared to last in parts of the country particularly affected by gas prices.
  - clouddrover 4y ago
    > If they’ll pay for the charger, it absolutely makes sense to let them. Not if you want to build industry and infrastucture. Lack of direction and fractured infrastructure is part of the reason why America's EV market is only one third the size of Europe's. > I know, I know, you despise them. Then you know nothing. It's funny how you have to resort to emotion rather than addressing the obviously worse situation of single brand chargers and the obviously better outcome of infrastructure than can charge all EVs regardless of brand.
    - toomuchtodo 4y ago
      We just value different outcomes, that’s all. You’re emotionally invested in diversity of ecosystem, and if everything sold is a Tesla, I’m fine with that. Legacy automakers have had years to get their act together, to build charging networks, to deliver on electric mobility, and even now they’re just making a half hearted attempt. If you want better outcomes, build better companies. It’s not Tesla’s fault legacy automakers absolve themselves of innovation and speed. They could swing for the fences too if they wanted to, but that is their choice to make. There’s a reason Teslas sell well: make something people want and they will buy it. GM is discounting their Bolts by $6k and can’t give them away.
      - clouddrover 4y ago
        > We just value different outcomes, that’s all. Ah, so now you've changed your tune. It's no longer that I despise Tesla, it's just that we value different outcomes. Your vacillation is boring and dishonest. You should try harder to keep your story straight.