Posted on 09/26/2019 4:27:20 PM PDT by cba123
The first gas station in the U.S. that has been completely transitioned from a petroleum station to exclusively charging EVs opened Thursday in Takoma Park, Maryland.
RS Automotives, the local gas station, has been around since 1958.
Depeswar Doley, owner of the station since 1997, said he was already unhappy with the way oil and gasoline companies structure contracts such as limiting the use of multiple suppliers, including clauses that extend contracts when a certain volume of sales is not met and limiting maintenance support. These business factors already were pushing him to consider other options.
A nudge from his daughter was the final step in convincing Doley to make the switch to EV charging.
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Electric Cars are the future......and always will be.
How long does it take to charge a car? I’m in a gas station for a total of 15 min if I need to take a bio-break and get some food. 5 min if I’m just gassing up. I thought it took hours to fully charge a car? Maybe they need to had a full blown sit down restaurant and spa too?
That “smoke” is mostly steam ...
Starve.
Similarly, there will be huge recharging stations, with row after row, after row of charging available. Away from cities, where land is much cheaper.
the girl in question must also be Swedish ...
Not really so much. I suspect he'll be enjoying this little gift from the taxpayers of Maryland for a while...
The gas station conversion was jointly funded by the Electric Vehicle Institute and the Maryland Energy Administration, which provided a grant of $786,000.
Well, it's about 4 miles south.
I got married in Takoma Park, but that was 40 years ago when it was less nutsy.
Often the idea with public charging stations is not to fully recharge an electric vehicle, but to give it enough juice to make the trip home or to the next stopover.
FTA: including clauses that extend contracts when a certain volume of sales is not met
In the old Hollywood the actors were tied to contracts that were never ending if the studio so wished. It took some big stars to break them.
For rapid DC charging it depends on both the charging system in the car and the charging station. The one mentioned in the article will provide a Chevy Bolt about 90 miles of range for a 30 minute charge. Tesla supercharging is considerably faster with ideal conditions at the charging station.
The station will feature four dispensers that connect to a high-powered, 200kW
system. The system will allow four vehicles to charge simultaneously and reach
80% battery charge in 20 to 30 minutes. Drivers can go inside and sit in
an automated convenience store with screens that allow drivers to track
their vehicles charging progress.
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The profit if any comes will be from the sales inside the convenience store and its products.
And it had an AM radio and the stations faded out for long stretches. I had just finished the MI basic course and was enroute to the 1st Cav Div back then.
Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!
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