New HD Truck - Atlis

westernrvparkowner wrote:
Nope, don't charge extra for 50 amp. In the real world of RV park ownership there actually is negligible difference in the daily cost of having a fully electric RV in a 50 amp site and a pop up camper in a 30 amp site. What the big class A uses in electricity cost, the popup makes up by using the park's showers and restrooms. Heck, on a hot day, the Popup very easily uses more electricity running a rooftop air trying to cool the canvas walled RV than the big 45 footer uses cooling the much better insulated rig.
There is much more to charging EVs in volume than just having a charging station. Real estate has to be dedicated to the charging station(s). Allowances have to be made for what to do with the drivers and passengers as they wait for the vehicle to charge. Even the massive Megachargers being discussed (yet not available, so they are just theory at this point) apparently take 20 minutes plus to completely charge a vehicle. That would mean if three vehicles are in line (common in modern gas stations), the business would have to accommodate the passengers and drivers for 1 hour. A well run RV park would not allow random people to roam the park for an hour, so there would need to be some other solution.
Fueling internal combustion vehicles is not very profitable. That is why most have convenience stores, or less frequently, repair shops attached. There is no reason to assume that fueling EVs would be wildly profitable either. I doubt anyone has not noticed that fuel stations take large amounts of staffing and need to be open long hours (often 24/7) and don't close seasonally. All of those run against my business plans. Other than the fact that both RVs and EVs need to plug in, there really is no overlap between the businesses.

I would never expect you to fast charge an EV. Maybe that is the misunderstanding.

I am just talking about 20 to 40 amps to slow charge an EV-Truck-RV while they stay. If it takes a week to charge then so be it. Worst case put them in a metered site and charge accordingly.