In our area, central North Carolina, the Sheetz gas stations have been installing Level 3 chargers at almost all their stations. Sheetz has fast food service that you can order from the pump. On Plugshare, they generally have a 10.0 availability rating. The Sheetz stations provide up to 150kw service using EVgo chargers.
The other places are a Target, AAA's, 2 motels, a Harley-Davidson dealership, a Land Rover dealership, and the local dealerships that sell EVs. On a personal basis, I charge at home on Level 1 at either 8 or 12 amps. If I need faster recharge rates, I recharge on the way out of town. If there was a Tesla Supercharger near me, I would use it about once a month at the most. There is a Chevy Dealership about a half hour away and I know someone who commutes daily about 40 miles one way and he has never used the Chevy Bolt Level 3 charger. He uses the Sheetz station chargers which are along his route; generally within 1 to 2 miles of his route. He enjoys the experience.. On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 10:53 PM John Lussmyer via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > On Mon Aug 19 19:00:13 PDT 2019 ev@lists.evdl.org said: > >In this particular case I would highly advise against spending $50k for > >a L3 charger at a co-op. L3 charging is more for long distance travel, > >not opportunity charging. I suspect most people are not driving > >extended distances to shop for groceries. > > > >A better strategy might be to install 6 L2 chargers for 1/10th the total > >cost and allow shoppers to charge for free. The additional 20 miles > >added per hour should be beneficial to most shoppers. And if an > > As far as I can tell, L2 at a business is pointless for anyone other than > employees. > With modern EV's, adding 10 or 20 miles while you eat or shop is just silly. > I could see L2 being useful for Hotels. Otherwise, charge at home. > > DC Fast charging at appropriate locations is useful, but it needs to be a > location where you are probably only going to be there for an hour or so, AND > are likely to have driven quite a ways. Restaurants along highways, rest > areas, etc... Or in locations with a high density of people who can't charge > at home. > > -- > > Worlds only All Electric F-250 truck! > http://john.casadelgato.com/Electric-Vehicles/1995-Ford-F-250 > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
