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Old 01-14-2019, 02:21 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by lemming View Post
There’s a lot of news about this at NAIAS 2019. And they’re coming.

But how does it work in the middle of the country?

In NYC? In Boston?

Or SF or LA?

All of these people living on top of each other. How will the grid setup charging for all of the EVs, if the EVs takeover completely for gas?

At a gas station you only need 4-8 stations because each filling is 5-10 minutes.

How does this work if each car needs 30-60min?

Just thinking out loud. I can’t see how this works in my mind right now.
Well, if people could fill up at home, gas stations would be a lot emptier. I think private garages will need to have chargers installed.

Not saying there isn't a point there, though. I think times will inevitably have to come down over time. Porsche just showed some crazy-fast charge time technology (I know no details).
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