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Electric Vehicle Recharge Stations Appearing: First In Charlotte Area Then Statewide
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| 4th July 2010
| The Charlotte Observer
Posted on 07/04/2010 9:18:53 AM PDT by Willie Green
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The stations - expected in parking decks and shopping centers and at curbsides - are the first of about 350 planned throughout the state, financed largely by the federal stimulus.
Only 350 for the entire state???
And it takes what... 6 hrs to fully recharge a Chevy Volt?? (3 hrs @ 220v??)
I don't think this is gonna work out so well....
To: Willie Green
"The first recharging stations will be activated toward the end of this year, coinciding with the planned commercial release of the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid electric car and the Nissan Leaf all-electric auto. Expected price estimates on the vehicles range from $32,000 to $40,000, and buyers would get a $7,500 federal tax credit. What a waste of money, you gotta love it.
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:22:46 AM PDT
by
WHBates
To: Willie Green
Where is the coal going to come from to satisfy the extra electric demand?
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:24:26 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: Willie Green
A Prius (spit) is a better deal for the money.
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:25:40 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(For the first time in half a century, there is no former KKK member in the US Senate.)
To: Willie Green
Are they going to charge people to charge or are they continuing the fiction that electricity is free when it comes to cars?
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:26:51 AM PDT
by
ichabod1
(Hitler Was Their Fate and their Fate Could Not Be Stayed. Von Braustitch.)
To: Willie Green
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:26:55 AM PDT
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: Willie Green
financed largely by the federal stimulus And what happens when the "Stimulus" funds dry up?
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:27:17 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(The problem with Socialism is eventually you run our of other peoples money. Lady Thatcher)
To: Willie Green
I guess that if the grid ever goes out, nobody ain’t going nowhere.
To: Willie Green
When they can get the range up to over two hundred miles and the recharge time down to under fifteen minutes, then electric cars may become viable.
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:29:42 AM PDT
by
reg45
To: Willie Green
How much will they charge the customer for the service? Credit/Debit cards only? Do they need to be attended to decrease liability?
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:29:55 AM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, you know chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Willie Green
And it takes what... 6 hrs to fully recharge a Chevy Volt?? (3 hrs @ 220v??)I wonder about that too. Not exactly like pulling up to the pump and filling up and going five minutes later.
To: AU72
Yeah, all these “stations” are powered by wind turbines, for sure...or Ed Begley, Jr on his little generator bike...
dopes all!
To: Willie Green
With the experience I've had with rechargeable batteries, they'd really play hell getting me to buy an 'electric' car that was really just a hightech slot car with exotic batteries.
I finally figured out that if I wanted to keep any of my rechargeable tool batteries long-lived, I had to unplug them from the tools. I've had an improvement in life and charge hold time doing that.....wonder how you'd do this in an electric car...
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:33:24 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
To: Willie Green
Even the ones I have seen in southern California go unused. If they are not used here, they will definitely sit idle there!
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:37:14 AM PDT
by
Moonmad27
(That government is best which governs least. - Henry Thoreaue)
To: Gaffer
With the experience I've had with rechargeable batteries, they'd really play hell getting me to buy an 'electric' car that was really just a hightech slot car with exotic batteries.The next generation BMW....looks like a Segway with a cab.
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:37:32 AM PDT
by
digger48
To: Willie Green
"And it takes what... 6 hrs to fully recharge a Chevy Volt??"
Indeed. Any child with an electric car would ask the same thing. Electric cars that need to be recharged is a moronic idea. Might as well put all of the recharge stations in hotel parking lots.
To: digger48
Yeah! That’s what I’m talkin’ bout! Can’t you just picture old fart me with a Springfield M-1 Garand Cap, blue jeans and a farmers shirt sittin’ in this?
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:43:54 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
To: digger48
How many of those can fit in the wheel well of an SUV?
I don't have a problem if people want an electric vehicle and pay the real price for them and for the electricity. I do have a problem when the government decides to subsidize electric vehicles at the expense of other types of cars. Also, I am concerned that electricity isn't easily storable, so you can't keep a couple of fill-ups of fuel in your garage for an emergency like I do with gasoline.
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:44:46 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
To: Willie Green
Intersting experiment.
Glad someone is trying it because there will be a lot of bugs to work out.
What generates the electricity in Charlotte?
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:45:39 AM PDT
by
Lorianne
To: LiberConservative
....hotel parking lots......oh, you forgot....you musta been actually thinking about capitalist 'businessmen' staying at hotels and such....
Nope, Bammer gonna give these to his 'stitchients'....they gonna have to charge these at the welfare office.....
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posted on
07/04/2010 9:45:49 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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