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Left handed. Right eyed. Right eared. Mouse with right because I had to in 1992. Overall, I’m unhappy with my brain, so my vote is on it being a bad thing. It’s very discouraging in a left to right language society to smear your own handwriting constantly. Also, guitar tabs and all kinds of other things are built for the majority. I’d much rather be right handed.
Or fast WIFI and delivery bikes/bots. People just want to play with their cell phone and drink coffee.
My guess is that eventually there will be fewer but larger charging site. Built beside major routes and close to a big grid connection. Have a few hundred MW's of charging all in one place. Much easier to maintain and more investable for large companies.
Visiting the gas station is an across-the-income-strata chore with recurring economics. Wealthy EV owners, on the other hand, charge at home--"the economic burden of installing home chargers" being unfeasiable "for many living in multi-family housing or renting" [1]. It's unclear whether electric trucks will charge en route, and if so, whether they'll have many people on board for long hauls. So you’re stuck, as a base case, with road trippers. An intermittent, lower-volume and presumably pro-cyclical market.
Put simply, the economics of gas stations don't map cleanly to EV charging.
A bit of a nitpick perhaps, but I'd say a personal parking area.
I don't charge in my garage, I charge in my driveway. My garage is stupidly small. My previous car, a small Subaru BRZ, barely fit in my garage. It doesn't help that there's a pillar right in the middle of it, preventing anyone from opening the passenger door of any car parked.
If I parked my Model 3 in my garage, I'd have about two feet between the front bumper and the back wall of the garage.
I've always said they need them at all the McDonalds along the interstates. You need them at a place where a person can sit down and eat for 20-30 minutes. A 5 minute purchase at a store isn't going to charge the car much.
I hate having to rely on bathrooms inside businesses to relieve myself during road trips while charging. Sometimes they need a code and the business won't give it to you unless you buy something.
Agreed. But again, taking a pee isn't a long enough break to charge on a long trip. I'm assuming people will charge at home without the middleman fees, and only need public charging stations on long trips. You certainly can take a longer break a rest stop, I just tend to have longer stops for food.
Even on a road trip, not every charging stop is a meal stop. It's basically every other or even every 3rd charging stop. If it's a charging stop that I won't be eating at, I'd rather it be somewhere with a guaranteed restroom.
I had one time during COVID I was on a trip and had to charge at like 10:30 PM. All the fast food places nearby were drive-through only. There was a Safeway, but apparently they closed their bathrooms at 10 PM. I was just lucky I didn't have to go urgently and was able to hold it until I got to my hotel an hour later.
This is my point exactly. People need more than a charger far out at the parking lot’s edge. People need safety and comfort and sometimes food. Convenience stores help but they need to be more plush for this use case. The working model for the lounge should be the frequent flier clubhouses at airports. Nice, secure and cozy.
And tell us exactly where these are, their hours of operation, what they sell, and the best way to get there from here. A dedicated EV mapping team should have been something cooking at Google a decade ago. For some reason, they just aren't interested (or are now too stupid to realize) this massive, ripe business opportunity.
Well, for one, charging duration isn’t the same as filling a gas tank, so the store needs to be more coffee shop / lounge than convenience store, although those items must be available, too. It really should have an upscale vibe because electric cars are purchased more by higher income families. Spaces for telecommuting should be involved. Think of it as a truck stop but for luxury electric cars. No showers, but cubicles are there. Can I get ycombinator approved for this idea? :) /half sarcasm
In Washington state, I’m starting to see EVGo chargers at AM/PM convenience stores. And I’m hearing that there are chargers at Pilot truck stops, and Buckee’s stores in other states.
Yes. I heard this about Shell recently. The key to this is that the big oil money is coming for this opportunity and it will soon be ceded to them entirely, unless someone goes after it. It’s a multifaceted problem of electrical engineering plus real estate plus supply chain plus marketing. Needs a real team with funding.
I did a road trip through a part of Canada recently. These are only on 401 I think, but they were pretty nice. Small convenience store, a food court with 2-3 fast food choices, gas pumps, and DC fast chargers. Usually have their own exit/on ramps on the highway as well, made it super easy to get in and out. Well-spaced for charging on a road trip too.
Yes, that makes sense, of course, but the point is that there is a business opportunity in the vast wide open world of the US for electric charging to not just be a sidecar to established businesses but rather a destination unto itself. Consider how much money McDonalds has made from people needing a restroom over the years.
100% agreed. Took a road trip, and at any charger I stopped at I either purchased a meal, or purchased snacks from a coffee shop. Given how spread out they are, competition is fairly thin.
I wonder if this is economically feasible. A fast charger is going to take at least 20-30 mins to charge a car, where filling up with gas is more like 5 minutes. This means a gas station can get significantly more customers per hour than an equivalently sized EV charging station.
How about an LLM that talks to you and can see the midi notes you played, fine tuned to the task of course. I think the teacher part of learning pretty much anything is super important because we’re social beings. Hearing “great job” is priceless when you really did your best.
