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To: HerrBlucher

Plus, if only one third of the people in your neighborhood/my neighborhood suddenly bought an electric vehicle, the current infrastructure for charging these things would be woefully inadequate.


3 posted on 07/02/2013 12:29:58 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Tactical Awareness. Use your brain. Then bring the pain.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

How do you get to post more than three hundred words??????


4 posted on 07/02/2013 12:39:16 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Nobody can afford it.

Charging Station $1400
Extended DistSys in the house say $800
New Panelboard & breakers, for add’l 40A circuit say $2000
Upgrade from 100/125Amp panel to say 200/250Amp panel
Go to a 400A switchgear center and add $7.5k
Possibly upgrade Xformer, say $30k
x2 for labor
About $20k-80k depending on situation.

That assumes the infrastructure can handle it.

Now add a 10k PV power source,..about another $120k +$5-$20k battery maint/annum

Now add the cost of power.
Most players have their usage rate increased, not decreased when they begin to charge the vehicles. Your existing power costs will on average increase between 20% to 120% monthly, plus the new power load of charging the battery.

You might save $300/year in fuel costs, for the initial capital outlay of $20k-$200k.


33 posted on 07/03/2013 7:00:44 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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