[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Back in 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that limited the rate that gas service stations could pump fuel to a maximum of 10 gallons per minute (gpm), with the stated goals of reducing evaporative emissions and promoting safety by ensuring the integrity of the nation’s refueling infrastructure.

Gee Clinton.

Again.

[GenXPolymath]

10gpm fills my expedition in 2 min 45 seconds. When I had rheVolvo S60 it would fill it in under 2 min at 10gpm. My F250 is diesel and it’s also 10gpm for diesel pumps so 3 min 30 seconds if the pumps are running at full rates. The down in the ground pumps which actually move the fuel have a fixed rate the “pump” with the hose is a dispenser all it does is measure the output volume. If you have every hose in use you are not going to get 10 gpm at each outlet. Go to Sam’s Club on a weekend when every pump is in continuous use it will take 10+ min to fill a truck that would have taken 3 if it was solo.

My Tesla’s both take 250kw DC the model 3 with a 75kWh usable pack if it could take the full 250 from 10% to 100% it would take 0.3 of an hour or 18min. It normally gets L2 ac at 240v and in 6.5 hours while I sleep using kWh I put in the grid from my solar panels on the steel building above it. So it’s only cost is the lost power sale revenue for the excess the homes didn’t use during the day.

I don’t ever worry about fast charging rates, or locations or time. My model 3 sees a fast DC once or twice in 6 months it’s a nonissue. I can take the 3 LR to Austin direct, drive around all over the city the day and night I get there and plug it in at my condo over night while I sleep off the West 6th st hangover walking distance to my condo. Or go to Ft Worth hit some BBQ , the stockyards and come back never worry about range thats 125 miles round trip it has a 375 mile range. Only Houston needs a single 10 min stop at bucees no less ,by the time I grab a six pack, jerky and take a leak it has plenty to make the rest of the run, drive around Htown for dinner and night life then have the valet parking guy plug it in the L2 it will be full by morning I’ll overnight L2 once more before leaving back to big D. Again such a nonissue only people who have never had experience with a Tesla have mind issues the cars are great and FSD is the best it’s why I have two of them. If BYD would sell the Seal Qi here with their L3 driving I would buy two of them the first day sold. That’s the plug in hybrid that gets 90+ mpg , 1300 miles total range and 80 miles off the plug for $15000 USD if they sold it at the China price here for a full sized sedan at that.