It's just an odd thing when you look at the Joe Biden 'Jobs for America' deal....in the midst of this....he wants a fair amount of money to be geared toward charging stations.
As of December 2020....1.74-million E-cars in the US now exist. If you were looking for the public charge-up stations? Around 17,256 stations exist....with a minimum of two ports (some having a dozen ports).
From two years ago in Alabama....there were a grand total of 115 charging stations. That's it.
If you hang around Lexington, Kentucky....there are 73 charging stations within the city limits.
How much use are these getting? Unknown. No one talks about the amount of power being 'purchased' or 'consumed' via these public stations. It's an odd thing.
Two years ago....some German reporters noted a charging station in a rural area of Germany along a autobahn.....next to a McDonalds. One station.....two ports. The reporters went over and asked the McDonalds folks....if they'd ever seen anyone parked and charging over the past two years (since they went up). The crew said no....day or night....no one ever seemed to pull in and charge up.
My humble guess is that Joe Biden's team has joined up with the charge-up 'mafia' and there's going to be 100k charge-up stations placed around the country....in places where they might only be used five to ten times a year.
How much do you typically pay at a public charging station....compared against doing the re-charge at your house? In some cases....at maximum 'pain'....it's 300-percent of what it'd cost at your house. Right off the bat....no one is going to do public station re-charge at that rate....they will try to stall and make it home....to get the cheaper rate.
How much does the public charging station itself cost? If you consider the real estate purchase....the concrete for the drive-in....then you've laid down around $25,000 easily. The electric hook-up, the machine, and the charge-card assembly? That's probably going to be a minimum of $15k added. In places like Boston or Chicago....toss in another $30k for fees, lighting, mark-up.
The odds that Biden 'stations' will all be put in places with marginal use and no pay-back? It's best not to bring up this scenario.
If you wake up in some rural area of Alabama, and there's a new charging station (four ports) set up in town? And within ten miles....there's only three guys with E-cars? The odds are that it's just one or two 'visitors' to Alabama over the next five years who will visit the Biden-station.
Yeah, it's a waste of money, but don't tell anyone about this.
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