It will need to be upgraded since charging an electric vehicle take a LOT more amps than powering a light.
Electric Vehicles here to stay, for good or bad?
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Parking lot lights are often 277V in larger installations, which is one leg of 480V three phase. Good start? A quick search says Superchargers need all three phases, which means wire will likely need to be pulled.
But that's only the first part of the puzzle. Does the site have adequate transformer support for the additional loads? Then as we build out more, will the local distribution need to be increased in capacity? At what point will we need to have the conversation about increased generation? Those elements are way outside of my wheel house, so I can't even begin to speculate.
But what I do know is this, because it was in the Supercharger literature. Max charge rate is currently 250kW which can top up a completely flat 100kWh long range Tesla, in theory, in under a half hour. Except you can't charge at the top rate 100% of the time (boom!). Even then, still pales in comparison to conveying 20 gallons of 87 octane, roughly 675 kW worth of energy, in about 3 minutes. We need to figure out electricity storage and transfer before this electric vehicle thing will really become ubiquitous. There's no doubt the efficiency is there with electric on the consumption side, everything else is a big work in progress.
Then we still have to talk about the intrusiveness of the manufacturers with all the data 'sharing'.
But that's only the first part of the puzzle. Does the site have adequate transformer support for the additional loads? Then as we build out more, will the local distribution need to be increased in capacity? At what point will we need to have the conversation about increased generation? Those elements are way outside of my wheel house, so I can't even begin to speculate.
But what I do know is this, because it was in the Supercharger literature. Max charge rate is currently 250kW which can top up a completely flat 100kWh long range Tesla, in theory, in under a half hour. Except you can't charge at the top rate 100% of the time (boom!). Even then, still pales in comparison to conveying 20 gallons of 87 octane, roughly 675 kW worth of energy, in about 3 minutes. We need to figure out electricity storage and transfer before this electric vehicle thing will really become ubiquitous. There's no doubt the efficiency is there with electric on the consumption side, everything else is a big work in progress.
Then we still have to talk about the intrusiveness of the manufacturers with all the data 'sharing'.
Nope...
Welcome to the LG/private sector...
As I said, it was a point of emphasis this year moving into 2023 and 2024. They are asking (Texas) engineers to try and figure out these issues for our State to keep our corridors alive in the next decade. There is no complete one-answer-fits-all for us yet since there are still too many unknowns. We just have to find out what works here.
But, you can bet that California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, etc., are trying to work this out too. The first state to adopt a working model gets to reap the benefits.
Oh, and yes; most parking lot illumination poles are greater than 220.
Same for neighborhood luminaires.
I knew it was a long charging time, but I had no idea it was that long. Was this straight charge time, or was there a wait to get to a free charger? Just think if you rolled up almost empty and the chargers were all full. What do you do to kill 1.5 hrs for the first car to finish then another 1.5 hrs to charge your car?
Then you go shopping at the local stop and rob where they sell gas to regular people.
Buckee's would be a good charging spot.
POWER GENERATION AND DELIVERY. BATTERY CAPACITY.
until both are properly mature the rest is wasted time and money. They only thing the gooberment should be involved in is permitting changes so when it's time to build out tge power generation and infrastructure they get the phuck outta the way.
until both are properly mature the rest is wasted time and money. They only thing the gooberment should be involved in is permitting changes so when it's time to build out tge power generation and infrastructure they get the phuck outta the way.
Could you attach a charging station or 2 at eac of your porch lights? ;-)
Actually, no to the above. The current wiring is sized to power the lamp. The current needed for the chargers would almost certainly overload it. It would DEFINITELY overload it if you tried to use one of the chargers.
They're A to A vehicles that work well if you charge at home at night.
But they can quickly become a PITA the farther from home you get.
I’d probably get another one just for the back/forth to customers in Plano (I’m down near Arlington), but we also have two real cars
But they can quickly become a PITA the farther from home you get.
I’d probably get another one just for the back/forth to customers in Plano (I’m down near Arlington), but we also have two real cars
You jest, but we had a coworker in WA who died like that. A car coming the opposite way slammed into a deer ( elk?) which was then thrown through our buddy's windshield.
RIP, Al Roebuck.
Yep. Oh, they absolutely will pay for it.
Not with their money.
It was three separate charging times of about 30min each. Didn't have to wait, but one of those times we took the last available charger so if someone else came along they'd have to wait on us.
I will say the process was completely mindless on our part. We just told the car where we were going and it planned the trip on where to stop and for how long. Since it's all on the network talking to each other, it should never send you to a charger that is in use. The car would send my buddy a message letting him know it was done charging so we could stop twiddling our thumbs and get back to driving.
Great, when everything works properly. However in the real world, what are the chances of that happening? As the number of ev's increases will there be an adequate number of functional charging stations?
At one time it was easy to fly without delays, using connecting flights, but those days are gone.
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Are these magic green unicorns independent of sun and wind? or are they sometimes, possible, maybe?
“To Fort Worth” from where ? Distance ?
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