Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

2015-01-24 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
What percentage of households can charge at home? That leaves quite a few who will have to find charging stations once in a while. Huh? I remind people that an EV needs to be charged 10 to 20 times more often that a gas car and so anyone who buys an EV with the idea of public charging simply

Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

2015-01-24 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
XoIP: +31877841130 Tel: +1 408 383 7626Tel: +91 (040)23117400 x203 -Original Message- From: EV on behalf of Robert Bruninga via EV Sent: Sat 1/24/2015 1:49 PM To: Peri Hartman; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

2015-01-24 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
-Original Message- From: EV on behalf of Robert Bruninga via EV Sent: Sat 1/24/2015 1:43 PM To: Ben Goren; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors Nationally, by census, exactly 2/3rds of Americans (67%) live in single family detached

Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

2015-01-24 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
Nationally, by census, exactly 2/3rds of Americans (67%) live in single family detached homes (this includes mobile homes). Presumably, every one of them can figure out a way to get 120v cord to the car. With less than 1% of people buying EV's, I'm not too worried about the 1/3rd living in

Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

2015-01-23 Thread Willie2 via EV
On 01/23/2015 02:53 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: From NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/business/automakers-join-to-expand-network-of-high-speed-charging-stations.html?ref=business_r=0 I monitor some TSLA investment sites. There are quite a few Tesla-bashing trolls that cited

[EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

2015-01-23 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
From NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/business/automakers-join-to-expand-network-of-high-speed-charging-stations.html?ref=business_r=0 On Thursday, BMW and Volkswagen announced a plan to install 100 high-speed charging stations on busy corridors this year on the East and West

Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

2015-01-23 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
-- From: Willie2 via EV ev@lists.evdl.org To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: 23-Jan-15 2:43:56 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors On 01/23/2015 02:53 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: From NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23

Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

2015-01-23 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
Goren b...@trumpetpower.com To: Peri Hartman pe...@kotatko.com; Electric Vehicle Discussion List ev@lists.evdl.org Sent: 23-Jan-15 4:28:20 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors On Jan 23, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Peri Hartman via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: The current

Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

2015-01-23 Thread Ben Goren via EV
On Jan 23, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Peri Hartman via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: The current infrastructure will be outdated within 10 years. Maybe sooner. It's a very safe bet that the overwhelming majority of EVs now and forever will be slow-charged at home or work or in parking lots or at the

Re: [EVDL] 100 new level 3 chargers for busy corridors

2015-01-23 Thread Ben Goren via EV
On Jan 23, 2015, at 6:13 PM, Peri Hartman via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: What percentage of households can charge at home? Today? Your guess of a bit over half might even be on the optimistic side, considering all the apartment dwellers. But it's going to be very soon, I think, when anybody