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Granny:
Petro Canada (owned by Suncor) is making cross-country EV travel a reality.
Petro-Canada’s electric highway reaches Swift Current
https://www.prairiepost.com/saskatchewan/news/petro-canada-s-electric-highway-reaches-swift-current/article_a8931816-e083-11e9-8a67-57d53fdec9d0.html
"Petro-Canada is building a network of electric vehicle fast charging stations along the Trans-Canada highway "
The ad I just saw on TV says "From the Rockies to the Maritimes"
Terrific! : )
Queefer Sutherland:
20-30 minutes for a full charge. Hope the industry can do a lot better than that soon. It's a start though.
?Impact:
--- Quote from: Poonlight Graham on November 04, 2019, 07:35:18 pm ---20-30 minutes for a full charge. Hope the industry can do a lot better than that soon. It's a start though.
--- End quote ---
Most people will have their vehicle charge overnight in the garage, and rarely visit a gas station. The time wasted in gas stations from fossil fuel vehicles will be thousands of times that of EVs.
wilber:
--- Quote from: Poonlight Graham on November 04, 2019, 07:35:18 pm ---20-30 minutes for a full charge. Hope the industry can do a lot better than that soon. It's a start though.
--- End quote ---
Not to full charge, maybe to 80%. Charge rates decrease as charge level increases. 85KW Tesla takes 1hr to full charge, which is pretty quick as EV's go.
Queefer Sutherland:
--- Quote from: ?Impact on November 04, 2019, 07:47:35 pm ---Most people will have their vehicle charge overnight in the garage, and rarely visit a gas station. The time wasted in gas stations from fossil fuel vehicles will be thousands of times that of EVs.
--- End quote ---
Yes that's a good point. Especially for local commuters. I already see people charging Tesla's at their home. But this is for the trans-canada highway, and any long distance trips along this route will need to wait 20-30 mins to fully charge. Luckily most will leave their home with a full charge.
But it's still an entry barrier for now. I expect more innovation will fix the problem in coming years. I saw an idea about instead of charging you'd be swapping batteries at a charge station so you can quickly be in and out probably even faster than filling a tank of gas.
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