Unleaded

pnichols wrote:
David ... can't ya just wait to get yer first all electric vehicle so ya can fuel-up at all those charging pedestals that are somehow going to magically pop up everywhere fed by solar farms everywhere ... many of the them being of course free, magically, to the vehicles' owners.

I hope those pedestals have back-into sockets so the self-driving/fueling EV's can merely guide their plugs into the sockets for a free 15 minute charge-up while the passengers continue playing mind bending games on their mobile devices. That plug and socket arrangement will of course be an all-plastic induction setup, just like the one my rechargeable toothbrush has used for years.

P.S. I wonder if the pedestals will offer a choice of low, medium, or high energy electricity ... with the medium and high energy grades being offered at a small cost over the free low?

:B and :h and :S

Heh heh. I don't know about low, medium or high energy but interestingly enough they are developing some pretty cool self docking high speed chargers. I am sure it will be a few years before they hit mainstream. I think they are 350 KW units. You tube has some videos on them. As far as charging units popping up, roughly a 1/2 dozen a day in North America and a ton more in the rest of the world but most are level 2 and only a small percentage are solar powered. Most of the solar powered units are either Tesla Superchargers or Chademo/CCS level 3's. Still not common but getting more common everyday. My guess is you will see most new supercharger installations as solar installations in many parts of the world within a few years. .