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Re:Electric vehicles could fully recharge in 5 minutes with ... by mjrpes on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @09:36AM (#29240982)
There's a large portion of the population who street park and don't have the luxury of charging overnight.
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Re:Electric vehicles could fully recharge in 5 minutes with ... by rootusrootus on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @09:46AM (#29241089)
A big chunk of those people could be served by a simple fast charger that filled the battery during their grocery shopping.

And, of course, adding more level 2 charging at the curb.

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Re:Electric vehicles could fully recharge in 5 minutes with ... by cogman10 on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @09:44AM (#29241057)
Correct. Those streets are long distances from electrical lines (very often, power is buried next to the road). The "right" solution here is for cities to install charge points in the streets or to incentivize anyone with a parking lot to install charge points (or both).
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