p220sigman wrote:
It will be interesting for sure to see how the technology advances. I still think the biggest hurdle will be fast charging. Even 30 minutes for abut 170 miles (Tesla's Supercharger rate according to them) of range isn't going to satisfy most travelers. I considered electric for my last commuter car, but the prices just didn't work for me.
Are you sure this station is in Holland? It has a very American-looking parking lot with all of the US vehicles not to mention the very American-looking school bus in the background. Still a cool shot with the max use of the solar for typically wasted space.
No, not at all sure where the gas station is. It was attached to the article about the shell stations but it is not a shell station.
Re the snow thing. Yah they will have to figure that out but suspect that could be as easy as orientation and tilt.
I think most station owners make a lot of money off of high margin junk they sell. As the one shell guy said, in 10 years our competition won't be other gas stations, it will be starbucks.
Re time at the pump. Keep in mind that most charging is done at night, overnight in a garage or parking structure. Right now most people when filling up their car are their for about 12 minutes. Its closer to 26 minutes at a fast charger for an EV although generally speaking over a year you will spend much less time at a charge station because...as stated before, the majority of your charging is done at home. I think charge station owners will capitalize on this by selling more goodies etc. Having said that the new generation of EV;s and charge stations will be 150 KW charging rates so that time will end up back at the average gas station charge.
Funny thing, here in palm springs, the local costco crowd never seems to mind waiting fourty minutes to fuel. Nuts.
