Posted on 06/20/2023 10:58:33 AM PDT by grundle
As electric vehicles (EVs) become increasingly popular, Walmart has announced plans to build EV charging stations at thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club locations across the country by 2030.
“With a store or club located within 10 miles of approximately 90% of Americans, we are uniquely positioned to deliver a convenient charging option that will help make EV ownership possible whether people live in rural, suburban, or urban areas,” wrote Walmart’s Senior Vice President of Energy Transformation Vishal Kapadia in a release.
By installing charging stations across the country, Walmart makes owning an EV easier for drivers who worry they won’t be able to find a place to charge their vehicle.
“Easy access to on-the-go charging is a game-changer for drivers who have been hesitant to purchase an EV for concerns they won’t be able to find a charger in a clean, bright, and safe location when needed,” Kapadia wrote.
Already, 280 Walmart and Sam’s Club locations in the U.S. offer nearly 1,300 fast-charging stations for electric vehicles.
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Take out the handicap spots and replace them with battery charger spots...lol
Most people are in and out of Walmart in 15-30 minutes. How much of a charge is that?
That very true. I have some neighbors who have electric cars and you are right they charge overnight in the garage. The only places I see having future problems is a tenement building in Chicago or places like that. Most normal people won’t have issues at all. I’m in Central Florida.
My old ICE pickup uses a battery. Hmmm...this is more confusing than when Ole Miss punts. LOL
Answered in comment #28.
“Until the theives steal the copper” LOL, made my day.
They are starting a whole new criminal industry.
But of course they are “safe” Walmarts.
I see, it only takes you 15 minutes to charge up at Chinamart...
What happens when there are 30 million of these EVs, and entire Chinamart parking lots full of EVs?
True that. Now, even with the good climate for the EV's that the southeast is, EV's still aren't for everybody. Like everything else, we're all better off if the Dims don't force it or incentivize it. For example, if you don't drive enough miles there's not enough gas savings to be worth it (my wife and I put 26K miles in our EV in the first year). And even with that, I don't know if I would have bought an EV if it wasn't time to replace my wife's old ICE crossover anyway, and if the EV wasn't a larger project of going solar and trying to make our budget more energy self-sufficient.
For us, the EV and solar brings a peace of mind and less stress in my retirement financial planning because we generate most of the energy we consume (80%). Future energy costs impact us only 20% as much as they would if we didn't have solar and an EV. If it wasn't for that goal, I doubt the other benefits of the EV would have outweighed the cons (at least for me).
How much does it cost to charge up at W-M?
Cheaper than other charging stations?
I met a guy that bought an EV, but his Dallas apartment didn’t have a charger and wouldn’t let him install one.
So he charges it at a spot near his work.
Seems to work out fine for him.
How can anyone get anything right about the climate hoax and it’s spawn - the ridiculous EV ?
“Fast charging”? What a joke?
“A store or club located within 10 miles of approximately 90% of Americans.” Amazing. Walmart should manage public schools, the US post office, Social Security and the Tour de France.
I haven't seen that. Maybe that's common in regions of the country that EV's are more popular, or in cold climates (making the battery charging take longer), or in areas where less people own homes they can charge for local driving.
But if it gets to that point of waiting lines for EV's, we still have an ICE pickup. Since I'm married and we need 2 cars anyway, I wanted one of each to give us diversification on energy needs for our transportation. For example, if the Dims again cause a gasoline supply shortage and/or make gas costs too high (IMHO it's still too high), we'll drive the EV. If the Dims make power hard to come by we'll drive the ICE pickup on trips. If the Dims make both gasoline and power hard to come by, we'll do our local driving in the EV charged with our home solar. (To be honest, that's the main reason I got the EV -- it's part of a broader project of making my wife and me mostly energy independent to give us some cushion against the Dims' stupid energy policies.) So part of the math on which car to take on a trip is that the first 250 or so miles in the EV are mainly free from solar.
Plus, even if the Dims end their war on energy and let the free market decide, it'd still be nice to have options. For example, from Alabama all up to the northeast are plenty of chargers -- an easy trip for an EV. And an EV would be better in some ways with things like staying at a hotel with a complementary charger (waking up to a full "tank"). But in some ways an ICE car is better for trips. Such as trips through the midwest where there are few chargers, or if we were to drive up north during the winter (when the cold weather makes EV's perform poorly). Or if the trip involved pickup chores for extended family or for an out of state church project (EV trucks just won't cut it). Or if I went on a trip without my wife (she wants to stop every 200 miles and walk around 10-15 minutes no matter which car we drive, thus charging the EV is good for her travel habits, but not for me if I'm by myself and wanting to stop every 300 to 400 miles). Since we need 2 cars anyway, by having one of each we have the best of both worlds to choose from.
So parking will be that much harder due to cars sitting on charging stations for hours.
I haven't seen that.
Of course you haven't. Say 5 years or so, there are 30 or 40 million EV's on the roads and when ya pull into China Mart there are no available chargers? What then?
Will Walmart be building nuclear power plants at all their locations too? Because if not there will be no juice to power the EVs.
They are free for the first year or two of owning an EV (most EV's come with a free charging subscription for 1 to 2 years at various charging networks, with Electrify America chargers being the most popular and the ones at Wal-Mart's). If it wasn't for that free plan, it'd cost about $15 to drive about 200 miles (about 13 miles per $1) (assuming driving 80 mph in my EV).
Of course, the first 250 or so miles are charged at home. If I didn't have solar at home, it would have cost about $11. In my last power statement my utility charged me 15.7871¢/kWh (after subtracting flat monthly charges). So count it as needing 70kWh to charge up (assuming a 5% loss when converting AC to DC during the charging process). In my case, with solar the charging is practically free (my solar provides 80% of the power consumed in our all-electric home, including charging the EV). It's almost entirely free for local driving because the EV doesn't have to be charged every day if we drive it just 40 or 50 miles (in that situation I can wait up to 4 days comfortably for a good sunny day before I charge it). But for charging up before a trip, I always charge it completely the day before no matter the weather (so let's say 80% of my trip charging from home is free).
‘Big win’ for whom?
(rhetorical)
I can just see in 5 years lines of people gridlocking walmart parking lots in their EV’s waiting for charging spots...And then when someone finally comes out to their EV, they take another 10 minutes to load up their groceries...lol...
A nightmare in the making..☺
You already asked that in comment # 47 and I already answered it in comment # 53, the very post you're replying to when you asked it a second time.
It's all about diversification so that not all our eggs are in one basket.
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