Charging is free - for now.
Afterwards the studio hosts were at a loss as to how many electric cars are in the Tampa Bay area, as none of them had seen any.
Too bad not enough people have JOBS so they can buy one of these vehicles to use the free service, either...
My family was there two weeks ago on vacation - we used to love going to Busch Gardens...now the area around is really running down...but, there were NO Lines at any rides when they were there (normally lines run 1-2 hours long this time of year)...
Who is paying for the electricity?
How much does it cost per charge?
30 minutes to an hour charge time. Yeah, that will work.
Wow! 30 minutes to an hour! I know I have that kind of time to charge my car that drive like what? 40 miles on a single charge?
Sure, this is going to go over BIG TIME.
Just more money down the drain in a worthless enterprise.
The ONLY way electric cars will ever be viable is if the battery packs are standardized and made easily removable/replaceable. In theory, a driver could pull into to a station, swap out the old pack, swap in a new one, pay, and be on his way in the same amount of time it would take to fill up a gas tank.
"A charging session should take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour."
Sheesh...the dumbest people in this nation are local TV news reporters and producers. The stupid producer wrote the script, and dim-bulb Jen Epstein read it without batting an eye. Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" comes to mind..."Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here. I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear."
Hey Jen and Jen's producer (whatever your name is), you dual brain stems, do you realize just how idiotic it is to say that charging stations, that take 30 minutes to an hour to fully charge a Chevy Volt, are going to "soon" replace gas stations, where I can completely fill my F-150 in less than five minutes? Are y'all capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time?
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
After a little research....
ChargePoint America is a company started up with money from....wait for it.....The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Transportation Electrification Initiative administered by the Department of Energy
And...
It is owned by Coulomb Technologies out of California......And....Richard Lowenthal is the Founder, Chief Technical Officer and sits on the Board of Directors....
AND.....he is listed as a donor to Barbara Boxer and Barack Obama....in 2008.
Where else can you give a $1,000 donation and get $37,000,000 in return?