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Posted on 06/30/2010 7:14:45 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
As early as the end of this year, you might be able to hop into your plug-in electric car and drive to Portland, Ore., or Vancouver, B.C., without worrying about finding a charging station.
The state has received federal economic stimulus funds to build four or five charging stations along the I-5 corridor from Canada to Oregon. The $1.32 million would ultimately pay for seven to 10 stations on I-5 and I-90.
If all goes as planned, Washington will be the first state to have a series of coordinated electric charging stations spanning its borders, said Tonia Buell, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation in Olympia.
“We have a plan, we have the money, and we plan to be first,” she said. “We’re hoping that it’s going to just spread.”
The first two sets of stations will be built at the state’s “gateway” rest stops — the Custer rest area north of Bellingham and the Gee Creek rest area north of Vancouver, Wash.
These would be built by the state, Buell said. Two or three more will be put out for competitive bid this summer and will be built this fall by a private contractor. The remainder of the seven to 10 would be built by next summer.
The exact locations have yet to be determined, but they’ll be spaced at roughly 80-mile intervals along the 276-mile length of I-5 in the state, within a mile of the freeway. This spacing would make Snohomish County a candidate for one of the stations, though Buell said it’s too early to say for sure.
The charging range for the Nissan Leaf, an electric car scheduled to roll out late this fall, is about 100 miles, Buell said.
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What a joke. I’ll bet 0 tax money was needed for any gas station along the way.
I’m working on developing a 1,000 mile extension cord that will make these stations obsolete.
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100 miles on a charge. At what speed? At what temperature?
As will my supremely superior smart children, their children and so on and so on for hundreds and hundreds of years into the future.
One day the little ones will say after a history class, 'hmph, all this time I thought green was just a color.".
“As early as the end of this year, you might be able to hop into your plug-in electric car and drive to Portland, Ore., or Vancouver, B.C., without worrying about finding a charging station. “
And after that, you’re on your own.
“The exact locations have yet to be determined, but they’ll be spaced at roughly 80-mile intervals along the 276-mile length of I-5 in the state, within a mile of the freeway. This spacing would make Snohomish County a candidate for one of the stations, though Buell said it’s too early to say for sure. “
So you’ll be able to drive for 3.45 hours (total), but have to ‘recharge’ for 27.6 hours (assuming 8 hours charge time).
Yeah.. Real ‘convenient’...
I don’t have a plug-in electric car, to be honest, I’d rather walk.
Solar powered, I hope.
I'll take a pair of them... one for each foot.
So how much more coal is going to be necessary to handle the increased load from electric cars. Seems to me in the end, electric cars will wind up being even worse for the environment.
With luck they would charge one car at a time on a sunny day.
Hope they plan for plenty of restroom facilities.
And hotels.
“So how much more coal is going to be necessary to handle the increased load from electric cars. Seems to me in the end, electric cars will wind up being even worse for the environment”.
Yep, and piles of batteries next to the piles of tires.
Not going by train? *\;-)
No note of who will maintain them. Not a mention of the cost to plug in. Looks like we’re on the hook again. ;-(
Who would use these? Three to eight hours charging time?!?!!? Will they have a motel for you to spend the night?
If you just burned the money, at least you’d get some heat energy out of it.
If these were such a good idea, why don’t EXISTING GAS STATIONS add charging stations?!?!?...instead of building new trash with tax money.
Try and find a mechanic to fix one.....
Indeed. If you look at some of the times and distances covered by Tevis Cup mounts and riders, one would actually make better time on horseback. Seriously.
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