Okay, here is the million dollar idea that someone here can take and run with. I just want 1% of the gross.
Electric vehicles will not take off until chargers are at least as convenient as gas pumps. The whole “charge at home” will not suffice for many users so...
Any commercial establishment that WANTS customers to hang around for at least 20 minutes (that seems to be the current (ha) time required for an 80% charge) should have charging stations in their parking lot. The wife and I started listing establishment where this could work...
1. Grocery stores
2. Restaurants
3. Bars
4. Amusement parks/water parks
5. Movie theaters
I could go on, but you get the idea.
Restaurants along the interstate could advertise free charging for their customers.
Grocery stores could be a good alternative to having a charging station at your home. Most people go to a grocery store at least a couple of times a week.
Once it becomes obvious to even the most hardened anti-electric vehicle holdouts that there are charging stations almost everywhere, THEN it will get the over 80% market penetration it needs.
Anyway, whoever starts a charging station company and convinces the above listed places to install them will make a mint.
This post should not be considered an endorsement of electric vehicles in general. I think it is a stupid, knee jerk movement, but hey, if they are going to be stupid enough to force them on us, might as well make a buck.
I disagree.
It is clear that there is not and will not be enough electric power to move a great number of electric cars.
And there is nothing on the table to increase production, none.
Therefore I am not giving up my gas powered car because the agenda is to remove people from private transportation.
Screw ‘em!
might as well make a buck.
And nothing wrong with that!
The lesser Superchargers can put out 72kW. Some way more!
DuPage residential electric is ~$.17 kW, less for commercial.
One hour at the max output(never happen) $.17 * 72= $12.24.
Maybe one of the places where guys pay $200.00+ for $10 champagne? Each bottle you purchase comes with 20 minutes of ‘FREE’ charging?