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Re:E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electri... by klyrs on Saturday April 08, 2023 @01:06PM (#35495324)
In the early '00s, refueling was not an afterthought when roadtripping through the southwest. Driving a car with a broken gas gauge made that really fun. If you see a "last gas for 150mi" sign, you know the gas is going to be marked up at least $1/gal... buy now or risk it?

Today I drive a long-range EV, and level 3 chargers are pretty amazing. I can get a few hundred miles' charge in ~20 minutes. That's about the amount of time that I like to get out of my car to stay alert anyway. Granted, level 3 chargers are still pretty rare, but in Canada where I live now, Petro-Canada has seen the writing on the wall, and they're installing level 3 chargers at their gas stations.

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Re:E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electri... by lockhouse on Saturday April 08, 2023 @01:20PM (#35495483)
At least in the United States there are still many parts of the country without any public charging stations at all, much less level 3 fast charging ones.

https://chargefinder.com/us/search

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Re:E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electri... by klyrs on Saturday April 08, 2023 @01:34PM (#35495635)
> the proposal is designed to ensure that electric cars make up the majority of new U.S. auto sales by 2032

With a 9-year horizon on this policy, there is lots of time and motivation to build out charging infrastructure. The lack of charging infrastructure today is not a good reason to be stuck on oil for the indefinite future.

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