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In remote areas, sudden load from fast chargers can cause a bit of trouble with the rest of the local grid. It may be that those rest stops can't yet support a
by ikr678 7mo ago
In remote areas, sudden load from fast chargers can cause a bit of trouble with the rest of the local grid. It may be that those rest stops can't yet support a fast charger without upgrading their transformers.
- RevEng 7mo agoThat's not nearly the problem that people think it is. Industrial and farm operations often use that much. Upgrading is the problem though. Many of these stations were installed when 50kW was normal. With no other competition nearby there is no incentive to replace everything. It would mean new transformers and potentially even new lines.
- ikr678 7mo agoWe maybe have different definitions of remote. I was referring to truckstops where there is no transmission/hv in and local microgrid generation only- these sites might be on highways that are common tourist drives but unable to support superchargers.