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80 electric car charging stations planned in SC
The Item ^ | Nov 22, 2010 | N/A

Posted on 11/22/2010 8:31:35 AM PST by Jet Jaguar

Local governments across South Carolina are planning to set up 80 car charging stations as new electric cars arrive in the state.

The State newspaper reported Monday that a nonprofit organization called Plug-In Carolina is coordinating efforts to set up places where vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf can be recharged.

Plug-In Carolina has obtained grants from the South Carolina Energy Office and gotten support from public utilities to help with the projects.

Local governments in Columbia, Greenville, Charleston, Conway, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg, Rock Hill and Union each plan to install charging stations. The first 40 of them open Dec. 8.

But Plug-In Carolina's Jim Poch says the primary charging place for electric cars should be at home.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: efv; electricity; energy; recharging
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1 posted on 11/22/2010 8:31:37 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
BHO Chg Stn
2 posted on 11/22/2010 8:35:33 AM PST by FrankR (Don't let the bastards wear you down!)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Gee, I wonder how much of SC citizen tax dollars will go into helping out the 80 or so owners of electric cars in SC. Bad ideas certainly have legs at all levels of government.


3 posted on 11/22/2010 8:35:44 AM PST by dr_who
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To: Jet Jaguar

Gee, I wonder how much of SC citizen tax dollars will go into helping out the 80 or so owners of electric cars in SC. Bad ideas certainly have legs at all levels of government.


4 posted on 11/22/2010 8:35:59 AM PST by dr_who
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To: Jet Jaguar

Gee, I wonder how much of SC citizen tax dollars will go into helping out the 80 or so owners of electric cars in SC. Bad ideas certainly have legs at all levels of government.


5 posted on 11/22/2010 8:36:06 AM PST by dr_who
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To: Jet Jaguar

How much will the fee be for charging and how will they measure the charge you received.


6 posted on 11/22/2010 8:39:32 AM PST by Logical me
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To: Jet Jaguar

Time to find out which congress critter’s cousin is the manufacturer.


7 posted on 11/22/2010 8:43:01 AM PST by doodad
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To: Jet Jaguar

How long do you have to wait for the charge for these boondoggles for mother eart?

Pray for America


8 posted on 11/22/2010 8:45:39 AM PST by bray (A November to Remember)
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To: Jet Jaguar

If South Carolina needs 80 Charging stations, Texas will need 714 Charging stations. The article mentioned these will be needed for the Chey Volt. If that is the case, Texas can get by with 2 Charging stations for the Volt drivers in Austin.

We don’t want them to go anywhere else in the state.


9 posted on 11/22/2010 8:50:35 AM PST by Chief901 (Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Time to come up with an entrepreneurial solution to be built next door to these stations: let’s seeeee.... something that car owners can do for the eight hours that their cars are charging.... gotta think about this one.


10 posted on 11/22/2010 9:04:06 AM PST by alancarp
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To: dr_who

These electric cars the volt and the leaf are a joke!
In the end the America taxpayer will get screwed by this somehow someway..


11 posted on 11/22/2010 9:10:40 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA
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To: alancarp

Motels with hourly rates for illicit love trysts.


12 posted on 11/22/2010 9:14:22 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Muslims are not the problem, the rest of the world is! /s)
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To: Logical me

I dunno, but just gives me a dolla’s worth.


13 posted on 11/22/2010 9:15:32 AM PST by annieokie
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To: Jet Jaguar

8 hours sleeping.
8 hours commuting.
8 hourse working.
Keeps the riff-raff busy. No time to go to Tea Party meetings.


14 posted on 11/22/2010 9:21:09 AM PST by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Invest in Battery stock it should be going up. No electric golf cart is safe if left alone, I have many friends who have had their batteries stolen. The same will be with the electric cars.

Extension cord stock as well, lol

15 posted on 11/22/2010 9:23:35 AM PST by annieokie
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To: SECURE AMERICA

They already are getting screwed. Our grandkid’s savings are being drained into GM and thousands of other insane programs as we speak.


16 posted on 11/22/2010 9:29:06 AM PST by dr_who
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To: Jet Jaguar

How many cars can the average charging station accommodate at the same time? Won’t each car need to be hooked up to the charger for several hours? It won’t be like a regular gas station where you pull in, fill the tank, then go on your way a few minutes later.


17 posted on 11/22/2010 9:46:10 AM PST by GreenHornet
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Questions for the smug Electric car owners.

1) Who is going to pay for the electric for you car? The tax payer or you?

2) Are you prepared for a huge increase in your monthly electric bill?

3) Are you prepared to admit that dirty energy like coal and fossil fuels are necessary to produce the electric for your fancy new car? Because the overwhelming majority of electric is produced by coal.


18 posted on 11/22/2010 10:01:22 AM PST by WaterBoard
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To: dr_who

Too many of my SC tax dollars, whatever the amount.


19 posted on 11/22/2010 10:48:26 AM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Just watch, the distance between recharge stations will be greater than the battery can move the car


20 posted on 11/22/2010 8:26:58 PM PST by Steven Tyler
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