And at every BP where they are installing, that issue will be taken care of. IF you bought $100M of anything, all the contingencies would
All DC fast chargers minus some 25 KW units use 3 phase power. Most use 480 volt three phase. Which most areas serve all commercial locations with this service. Now I'm speaking in the US. I have no clue on Canada. I am not trying to downplay. yes they use a very large amount of power. And demand charges are a real deal. But most commercial areas have this available. There's a huge difference when talking power consumption between single phase and three phase. There's also a huge price difference. Demand rates can be a killer but it also can be a savior because three phase power is generally cheaper.
Very interesting. I wonder where they came up with that number. One of the highest benefits of having an EV is at home charging. And only having to use a fast charger on longer journeys. Yes, I know people live in apartments. People don't have garages etc etc. Just curious about the 20 chargers to one pump equation.
I have a few battery tools 1- 3/8 Milwaukee impact and a Milwaukee power ratchet. They both work for what I use them for. But as a contractor all the larger power tools in the shop and the field still have cords on them. I will be retired before the batteries will work all day.BP announced today they have purchased $100 million worth of Tesla super charging stations for installation at their locations
starting next year.
The proliferation continues for EV adoption.
I remember corded power tools lol...
Likely the 20 chargers to the pump is you can fill a gas tank a lot faster than charging a battery and folks don't have time to wait in a line all day.
I suspect the new BP stations will have inside seating areas, serve some basic foods, etc. With gas/diesel vehicles we are in-and-out of the station in roughly 5 minutes. But even with DC fast chargers, the in-and-out with an EV is going to be 20-30 minutes. And since the range of an ICE vehicle is 25% to 75% longer, we visit stations less frequently than an EV would require. So thinking about it, unless you want to sit inside your car for a half hour every couple of days, the new BP stations are going to need MORE charging spots and are going to probably sell different foods/services.
And exactly that is why some are resistant. Others it just won't work and its not going to work for a long time. There is a lot of innovation that still needs to happen, like what are you going to do when you run out in a remote area, I can see some kind of capacitor or second battery system in parallel that could be activated in an emergency to get you 50 miles like the reserve on a motorcycle or something similar. Like I said many times, I'm not opposed to the transition if it makes sense. Transitioning from ICE to EV doesn't make any sense at all in its current state of development and for those doing it for the environment, you are delusional and rolling coal wether you like it or not.
It takes 10 to 115 minute to fuel a pickup, buy a coffee and take a pee. Which is what happens in most remote gas/diesel depots.