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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by chiefalchemist on Sunday May 12, 2024 @03:32PM (#40336888)
Ok. I'll bite. And ask this: What does Tesla know that everyone else doesn't? Their charging stations are decently common in high population density areas. I presume their ability to GTD wouldn't change if they ventured into less dense areas. So what do they know?
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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by romafirst3 on Sunday May 12, 2024 @04:12PM (#40337229)
It just takes time to build physical buildings. Tesla doesn't have any secret sauce they just started years ago.
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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by ceejayoz on Sunday May 12, 2024 @03:33PM (#40336895)
Tesla has been doing it for over a decade.
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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by romafirst3 on Monday May 13, 2024 @01:18AM (#40340031)
Tesla was founded in 2003.

Obviously they didn’t start building charging stations straight away but this doesn’t really feel like we are all having an honest discussion :/

That said they’ve had a long time to plan those chargers.

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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by chiefalchemist on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:17AM (#40341883)
Yes. But just like the 4 minute mile, once possible is manifested those that follow know it can be done. Or is the gov buying million dollar screwdrivers to build a 2 mill charging station?
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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by ceejayoz on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:27AM (#40341979)
Until a few months ago, the government was convincing the car manufacturers to adopt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Charging_Standa....

As well as obtaining thousands of bits of real estate, permitting, etc.

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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by chiefalchemist on Monday May 13, 2024 @09:44PM (#40350781)
The Federal gov has plenty of land, plenty of office space with parking lots, etc. It could easily find partners, etc. Instead it feels like ground up wheel reinventing with million dollar screwdrivers.
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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by ceejayoz on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @07:24AM (#40353970)
That’s because the plan is to do it largely along major highways, not BLM land in the desert or on military bases.

As with those highways themselves, the money goes to states, who run the thing.

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Re:$7.5B investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stati... by Tom3849 on Sunday May 12, 2024 @03:37PM (#40336929)
Diesel generators ;)
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