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.
That's a Union 76 station, a brand owned by Phillips 66 Company, marketed on the West Coast of the U.S. With the solar arrays, most likely this station is in Southern California or Nevada. Phillips 66 brands in Europe are JET in UK, Austria and Germany and COOP (joint venture) in Switzerland, no stations of any brand in the Netherlands, though we had chemical plants there.
I'm not seeing any charging stations in this picture. Phillips 66 is putting in solar on company-owned stations where it works. Thirty years ago we put in LPG fueling, where it worked, mostly at Phillips 66 stations in areas where LPG was produced locally. That was a joint venture between our Refining and Marketing division and a wholly-owned LPG company.
