lpickup
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Got an e-mail from North Hills today saying that the charging stations are now operational. Let's hope they don't get ICEd too badly.
jbowman3 said:Thank you for sharing... I saw the ribbon cutting on News 14 (TWC) and ABC 11 late last week for the I-40 charging stations. The anchors at ABC 11 chuckled after the story when they reported it would take an EV 4-6 to fully charge and made a couple of negative comments about having to stay at the rest stops for 6 hours. These guys don't get that I wouldn't stay there for 6 hours, just long enough to get me the charge I needed to get to GBO. No such negative commentary on News 14, just the facts as reported...
muleferg said:Still, those are the wrong kinds of charging stations to put at rest stops. They really should've been L3 "pay for a charge" stations.
I agree Lance. If There was an L3 in Winston I could make it to Cary. Spend a couple of days at the Umstead. Go to a Leaf Pile and visit with you fellow Leafers.
Maybe Lowe's, Home Depot, Wally Boy, ETC. will come to the rescue.
Mule
[/quote]jbowman3 said:I know that the placement of that charging station allowed Harry to make the trip to Winston-Salem with "only" an hour layover, but that was for very specific trip parameters that would only realistically allow Triangle<->Triad travel. For Triangle<->Charlotte, an L3 charger in the High Point area would work well (about 80 miles from Triangle->High Point and 80 miles from High Point->Charlotte).
What other corridors would be important to establish and how feasible are they?
Triad<->Boone (~120 miles)
Triad<->Asheville (~170 miles--probably need 2 L3 stops)
Charlotte<->Asheville (~120 miles)
Triangle<->Fayetteville (~75 miles--possibly doable without a recharge, but if Benson had L3 it would be a gimme)
coqui said:I'd go for Triangle>Charlotte
coqui said:AND Charlotte>the beach
NuclearLeaf said:So is that a pay to use station? Do I need to get a ChargePoint card? I haven't done anything about getting a card, because I had not run into that type of charging station yet. Any information that you would like to share would be great.
muleferg said:http://www.sheetz.com/main/news/release_details.cfm?rid=421
You can tell I am between Film Productions with some extra time. Sheetz is expanding in NC I thank there is one close to the rest stop close to Burlington.
:roll: Mule
jbowman3 said:I agree Lance -- Level 3 chargers would have been a better use of the grant. Let me know if you get anywhere with the state guys you contact on both this and the parking law.
lspooz said:jbowman3 said:I agree Lance -- Level 3 chargers would have been a better use of the grant. Let me know if you get anywhere with the state guys you contact on both this and the parking law.
Anyone have any green-minded contacts at the NC Zoo (perhaps better for L2 chargers since most folks would stay a while)??
It certainly ties in with educational themes re global warming and the renovated polar bear habitat; dunno if there are any photovoltaic panels at the zoo.
Asheboro might also be a decent L3 waystation on the Triangle===Charlotte trip, and only a little out of the way for Triad====Charlotte.
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