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Electric vehicle stations planned along I-5
The Everett Daily Herald ^ | June 29, 2010 | Bill Sheets

Posted on 06/30/2010 7:14:45 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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1 posted on 06/30/2010 7:14:56 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What a joke. I’ll bet 0 tax money was needed for any gas station along the way.


2 posted on 06/30/2010 7:16:57 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I’m working on developing a 1,000 mile extension cord that will make these stations obsolete.


3 posted on 06/30/2010 7:17:20 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade
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To: 21twelve; Feasor13; matt1234; Bosun; washingtoncon; Pavegunner72; cherry; aw93472; WeatherGuy; ...
Solar powered, I hope.

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4 posted on 06/30/2010 7:19:22 AM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

100 miles on a charge. At what speed? At what temperature?


5 posted on 06/30/2010 7:19:52 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
As a supremely superior smart person, I'll be sticking with my 400-500 miles range 3 minute charge up gasoline powered zoomer.

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.".

6 posted on 06/30/2010 7:21:52 AM PDT by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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“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’...


7 posted on 06/30/2010 7:23:00 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I don’t have a plug-in electric car, to be honest, I’d rather walk.


8 posted on 06/30/2010 7:23:27 AM PDT by chris37
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Solar powered, I hope.

I'll take a pair of them... one for each foot.

9 posted on 06/30/2010 7:23:30 AM PDT by Willie Green (Save Money: Build High-Speed Rail & Maglev and help permanently ground Air Force One!!!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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.


10 posted on 06/30/2010 7:23:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Army Air Corps
100 miles on a charge. At what speed? At what temperature? And at what speed? Also what will the gradient changes do to range?
11 posted on 06/30/2010 7:24:54 AM PDT by sharkhawk (Stanley cup champs The Chicago Blackhawks)
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Solar powered

With luck they would charge one car at a time on a sunny day.

12 posted on 06/30/2010 7:24:54 AM PDT by palmer (Cooperating with Obama = helping him extend the depression and implement socialism.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Hope they plan for plenty of restroom facilities.

And hotels.


13 posted on 06/30/2010 7:26:16 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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“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.


14 posted on 06/30/2010 7:27:43 AM PDT by ryan71 (Let's Roll!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Who needs electricity?


15 posted on 06/30/2010 7:28:02 AM PDT by C210N (0bama, Making the world safe for Marxism)
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To: Willie Green

Not going by train? *\;-)


16 posted on 06/30/2010 7:28:39 AM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

No note of who will maintain them. Not a mention of the cost to plug in. Looks like we’re on the hook again. ;-(


17 posted on 06/30/2010 7:29:10 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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.


18 posted on 06/30/2010 7:29:28 AM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: Army Air Corps

Try and find a mechanic to fix one.....


19 posted on 06/30/2010 7:31:10 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: Bigh4u2
"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’..."

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.

20 posted on 06/30/2010 7:33:01 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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