atR1S
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Not sure of the scale but this general idea has legs. Maybe build it with 20 initial charging stations with room to add more. The Buc-ees business model works, no doubt.
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Bucces would work well for Evs. You could get a full charge in the time it takes to walk from one end to the other...
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Didn't know what a Buccees was until going down this rabbit hole and watching the entirety of the 9+ minute video.
Charging stations or not, I just want to hang out there and bulk up.
Charging stations or not, I just want to hang out there and bulk up.
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Well, start prepping your gullet now…
https://303magazine.com/2022/02/buc-ees-announces-first-colorado-location-to-open-by-2024/
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Oh, helz yea! Let’s go for those brisket breakfast tacos. May want to put a Buccees logo sticker on the rear window. CO Bucco will likely be delivered before the R1S.
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What I would like to see is 20 350kw dc chargers at every interstate rest area in the country. I know no food but it would still be handy.
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That'd be a very good option, especially if the state tourism boards would staff them 24/7 so there's a little better safety. Rest areas are pretty sketch in the middle of the night, but people will still need to charge at all hours.
There's a bigger problem though, which is a problem for any large charging station: How do you get enough electrical supply to the site to handle that kind of peak load potential? I'll bet a lot of rest areas don't have particularly robust electrical supply at all.
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Are you serious!? WTF? Why do we need more Tesla chargers?! They have an abundant and reliable network…MORE CCS CHARGERS PLEASE>>>tired of rolling up to a crappy Wallyworld with crap chargers that don’t work as intended or at all!
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Realistically I'd love just a nice place to sit and maybe get a good coffee. Sure the mega center would be great but I was in Kettleman today at the only 2 CCS chargers there while walking into the Tesla lounge to hang and wait.
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You’re in for a treat man. Buc-ees is gas station food minus the suckage. I can’t wait for the Loveland location to open. I propose an R1 get together.
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I’ll never understand EA partnering with Wal-Mart for the DCFC. Yes, I want to walk across a super sketch Wal-Mart parking lot at night to find a nearby fast food joint.
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It is crazy that the city of Dallas, TX, has zero 150kW - 350kW capable charging stations right now. There's an EA station in Ennis, TX which is pretty out of the way from I-35 and another EVGo in Murphy, TX, also 10-15 minutes out of the way from I-35.
I-35 connects San Antonio - Austin - Dallas - OKC - Wichita - KC - Minneapolis
It also crosses I-20 in Dallas which one on side goes to Atlanta, the other side connects with I-10 to go to El Paso, Phoenix, San Diego or Los Angeles.
Dallas sorely needs a massive 20-25 CCS charging station hub right off of 1-35, maybe around I-20 somewhere.
There's an EA station in Waco in a rough area that's always full or partially not working, there's a small EA station outside the west end of Fort Worth that's always full.
Tesla, especially over the last 18 months has really filled in the Dallas/Fort Worth map with exceptional coverage top to bottom.
I-35 connects San Antonio - Austin - Dallas - OKC - Wichita - KC - Minneapolis
It also crosses I-20 in Dallas which one on side goes to Atlanta, the other side connects with I-10 to go to El Paso, Phoenix, San Diego or Los Angeles.
Dallas sorely needs a massive 20-25 CCS charging station hub right off of 1-35, maybe around I-20 somewhere.
There's an EA station in Waco in a rough area that's always full or partially not working, there's a small EA station outside the west end of Fort Worth that's always full.
Tesla, especially over the last 18 months has really filled in the Dallas/Fort Worth map with exceptional coverage top to bottom.
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