Electric Vehicles?

[j_garcia]

At my township park-and-ride lot, there are two public charepoint ev charging stations (L2, I think). Yesterday, I saw an Amazon Rivian delivery van standing there, with the driver trying to figure out how to charge it. Given how "efficient" Amazon is with the delivery people and use of their time, I hope this poor guy won't end up spending his own time charging the company's van.

Guess it depends on the generation that Rivian van is. They are switching to NACS, but the early ones were CCS.

Geeze. My town is 1/5 the size of yours and we have a LOT more than 6. I don't even drive an EV, and I've got multiple options within a mile or two of my house.

Since the city I am moving to is the "home" of Tesla, there are Tesla chargers all over the place. They seem to have cut deals with a lot of retail complexes in Fremont. So there are around 30-40 chargers within a few miles of me.

 

[lovinthehd]

Made me wonder if we had any charging stations now, a few years ago we didn't have any per a visiting friend with an ev, nearest was about 45 miles away. I just looked it up and a local motel now has a station with two ports and a site that doesn't seem to have a particular name (so will have to go drive by it and see just what it is) apparently also has two ports. So I guess we're pretty ev friendly now

 

[j_garcia]

A friend lives in SF. He said there is a Shell station that has no gas pumps; it is all chargers now. First one here I guess. I was just in SF on Sun, but didn't go check it out.

 

[ryanosaur]

A friend lives in SF. He said there is a Shell station that has no gas pumps; it is all chargers now. First one here I guess. I was just in SF on Sun, but didn't go check it out.

Only in The City.

 

[Matt34]

Geeze. My town is 1/5 the size of yours and we have a LOT more than 6. I don't even drive an EV, and I've got multiple options within a mile or two of my house.

There are more options (Many more now that Hyundai has access to Tesla) but that's the only EA hub in town that we can get free charging from. Makes no sense to use anything else in town when I can charge at home at night for $0.07/Kwh.

 

[Happy Joe]

I serious;y considered getting an Ev, because my 26 year old, daily driver, vehicle is showing signs of imminent demise.
I only use vehicles, now, to get groceries , and a yearly trip to update the physician.
... I have been watching the (Ev) technology for a long time and as far as i can see they may be practical for relatively short trips in benign climates; however they could be less than optimal choices in relatively extreme climates (places that have extended periods of temperatures below freezing or above 100degreese F. Lithium battery technology does not like extreme temperatures.

... It was 21 degrees F. here this morning...

Accordingly I purchased a gasoline fueled vehicle (baby Bronco); I need four wheel drive to get up a small hill at the end of the street after the ice on it gets polished by tire spinners... (silly people).

I could really not care less about public charging stations as I would have plugged a charger into the electrical outlet, in the garage formerly used by the welder. (I was told in no uncertain terms that welding is Verboten; since I got a pacemaker)... Old age is chasing everyone and everything, apparently...

Enjoy!

 

[j_garcia]

Only in The City.

There is one big shopping / movie / food complex near by that appears to have cut a deal with Shell, as all the chargers on the property are Shell; about 15-20 of them sprinkled around the parking lots. Not the same as a dedicated charger "gas" station though.