The Biden-Harris Administration
- Thread starter Rainy
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So each of those charging stations cost $159,574,468.09 to install? Is that right? The Pathfinder mission to Mars in 1997 cost $200 million! Who got that money?
I'm sure those stations actually cost the usual amount to install, and the rest of the money was completely frittered away on money laundering, pointless bureaucracy doing pointless studies over and over again, and every other form of governmental waste. I bet every politician's relatives all were put on staff on this project all over the country. Offices were rented, furniture bought, conferences were traveled to, etc. All pointless busywork and waste.
EV charging stations will be installed where/when demand necessitates them. Right now, NEVI stations are being used to fill in perceived gaps in the charging network and intended for drivers engaging in long-distance/cross-country driving using an EV, so the ones built out are in bumfuck off a state road or Interstate co-located at a truck stop like a Flying J.
This is stupid as most EV owners are urban/suburban denizens who have access to an additional car for long-distance traveling. Considering also that EV charging has not received conventional fueling levels of speed, why not co-locate them where people will organically decide to spend 20-40 minutes anyway, such as a restaurant strip, shopping mall/center, grocery store or big box store?
This is really not a hard concept to wrap one's head around. Here in Florida, most Tesla Superchargers are co-located with Wawas which are all relatively new, automobile-friendly (not geared for tractor-trailers), and offer a cafe/food service setting where people are likely to spend additional time anyway.
Again, Federal dollars funding Federal logic following Federal nonsense Pollyanna thinking.
This is stupid as most EV owners are urban/suburban denizens who have access to an additional car for long-distance traveling. Considering also that EV charging has not received conventional fueling levels of speed, why not co-locate them where people will organically decide to spend 20-40 minutes anyway, such as a restaurant strip, shopping mall/center, grocery store or big box store?
This is really not a hard concept to wrap one's head around. Here in Florida, most Tesla Superchargers are co-located with Wawas which are all relatively new, automobile-friendly (not geared for tractor-trailers), and offer a cafe/food service setting where people are likely to spend additional time anyway.
Again, Federal dollars funding Federal logic following Federal nonsense Pollyanna thinking.