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Tesla needs to start talks with quick-serve restaurant chains (McDonalds, in particular) for setting up charging stations at their restaurants. I don't know wh
by chiph 13y ago
Tesla needs to start talks with quick-serve restaurant chains (McDonalds, in particular) for setting up charging stations at their restaurants. I don't know what a Supercharger draws (30 amps?), but the restaurant probably has enough excess utility power to run 1 or 2 of them.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoThey should be looking at installing charging stations everywhere there is commercial 3-phase power available, and charge other car maker's for access for their own EVs (like the LEAF).
- chiph 13y agoThe Tesla vehicles have their own connector design (they don't use the standard IEEE one). The best reason I can come up with for doing this is that the car communicates charging conditions to the station so it can regulate current flow, and the standard connector doesn't allow that. When you buy a Model S, you get about 3 different adapters so you can plug in somewhere other than their own charger. Will Tesla license this design to the other car makers? They may have offered to, but Nissan/GM/etc are probably thinking why pay Tesla when they get the IEEE design "for free".
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- toomuchtodo 13y agoMercedes and Toyota are already licensing the battery and drivetrain technology from Tesla, and I'm sure other manufacturers will fall into line soon. Why not license the charging technology at the same time?
- jared314 13y agoDon't forget large-chain grocery stores, movie theaters, and shopping malls. You spend at least 20 mins just buying one item in those places.