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Charging station crisis in California
Fox26 Fresno via MSN ^ | June 5, 2022 | Richard Rodriguez

Posted on 06/04/2022 5:54:35 AM PDT by Rennes Templar

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To: HighSierra5

If you have an aging EV it would be a good way to replace your current workout battery pack for a newer one.
Btw, not a new concept. It’s been in use in large distribution centers for several years.


21 posted on 06/04/2022 6:34:03 AM PDT by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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To: Rennes Templar

Climate insanity colliding with crime idiocy. Californians, envisioning their utopia, are creating a socialist hell hole. The only question is will they ever understand what they’re doing?


22 posted on 06/04/2022 6:34:23 AM PDT by Spok (Winston, how many fingers am I holding up?)
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To: MotorCityBuck
That’s exactly what they do in China.

How many swaps do you think a swap station can handle in a day?

23 posted on 06/04/2022 6:35:12 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm Jimmy Crack Corn and I don't care)
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To: HighSierra5

If you have an aging EV it would be a good way to replace your current workout battery pack for a newer one.
Btw, not a new concept. It’s been in use in large distribution centers for several years.


24 posted on 06/04/2022 6:35:54 AM PDT by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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To: Rennes Templar

Hey, that’s the ticket. Self charging. Use 10,000 AMP/Hours, and charge 15,000 amp hours. Battery stays full all the time. The first tranche of investors get in on the ground floor. Better than krypto. I have your subscription agreement right here.


25 posted on 06/04/2022 6:36:23 AM PDT by anton
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To: deport

“What needs to be invented/developed is a portable or in vehicle charging device.

Think subways and streetcars and trains that get their power from overhead lines, and they don’t need batteries.


26 posted on 06/04/2022 6:37:36 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: deport

Like a scaled down diesel-electric locomotive system.


27 posted on 06/04/2022 6:37:40 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: anton

No and those people know it. Keep in mind that our new overlords don’t care because their intent is that very few will have a car.


28 posted on 06/04/2022 6:41:30 AM PDT by dforest (We have to put a stop to this now.)
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To: Rennes Templar

This entire EV crap has always been nothing more than a Globalist con.


29 posted on 06/04/2022 6:42:01 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Rennes Templar

“Watch for illegals stealing and selling hoses to pay for gas for their stolen internal combustion vehicles.”

THIS!! LOL!


30 posted on 06/04/2022 7:00:11 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: deport
What needs to be invented/developed is a portable or in vehicle charging device. We have one. Its called a gasoline engine.
31 posted on 06/04/2022 7:00:25 AM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: Hot Tabasco

This video is short @ 2 minutes.
It explains with numbers, and challenges they still face.
https://youtu.be/1kZgG58zz8U


32 posted on 06/04/2022 7:02:39 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: anton

This is where the summer’s power outages will come from.


33 posted on 06/04/2022 7:03:45 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: Rennes Templar

Do you think only illegals would be engaging in this activity? We’ve got plenty of homegrown thieves also


34 posted on 06/04/2022 7:08:32 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: anton; HighSierra5

I had been in the habit of taking my propane bottle to the Pargas dealer and having it refilled. Then I stumbled upon the convenience of the quick swap bottles located at my neighborhood grocery store.

Unfortunately I didn’t inspect closely enough on one trade and got a bottle that wasn’t certifiable. I used the tank and then when I went to trade it out the dealer wouldn’t accept it. I was stuck with a worthless tank and had to buy a “new” one for $40.

It’s only a deal if it is like for like.


35 posted on 06/04/2022 7:14:27 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: anton

If it were only that simple


36 posted on 06/04/2022 7:17:01 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: HighSierra5

“Why not make it where you get a fully charged battery pack interchanged in seconds at a battery station? It would turn into a logistical nightmare I guess.”

Not just that. Stations would have to price in the depreciation of the battery in their swap charges, and then also price-in the labor and capital costs.

Just the depreciation alone will drive up the cost of ‘recharging’ to the price of driving a gasoline car, and the added labor/capital costs will make it even more expensive.

So, kind of a dumb thing for the government to push when, at the same time, they’re trying to force everyone to drive electric vehicles.


37 posted on 06/04/2022 7:17:56 AM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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To: Rennes Templar

Reason 4,187 I am not an early adopter. I refuse to be a guinea pig. Let me know when the tech is mature, reliable, stable, and proven. It looks like I will be driving as powered cars for the rest of my aging life.


38 posted on 06/04/2022 7:18:57 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: rockrr

“It’s only a deal if it is like for like.”

That’s another problem with swapping batteries - what if you get a dud? You won’t know it until your 20 miles out...and then what?


39 posted on 06/04/2022 7:23:38 AM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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To: Don Corleone

Yep we do. But inventions will provide other ops. In 1492 it
was the horse, mule and buggy. Times change and will continue.
I wish I’d be around to see what the future looks like in 50 years
for the USA/World.


40 posted on 06/04/2022 7:25:25 AM PDT by deport
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