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Originally Posted by Cliff R
Here's a test to see if your area is ready for electric cars. Ask Seri on your phone or do a Google search for the following, population of your County and how many cell phone charinging stations are available.
Currently population of Knox County Ohio: 62,897
Current number of public charging stations: 6
I don't think we're quite there yet!.......LOL.....
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As an addendum to this thought....
Tesla has the best 'network' of charging stations in the US. I don't think anyone will argue that point.
But it still is severely lacking in many parts of the country.
In CA, Tesla has 366 Supercharger stations. NY has 82. TX has 128. MN has 25.
Picking just one oil brand that sells Top Tier Fuel (Shell) here are the numbers:
CA - 1164
NY - 292
TX - 1548
MN - 72
The thing is with gas stations, as long as they are selling Top Tier fuel, it's all pretty much the same fuel.
Different areas will have more of one brand then another, but even in CA with the most Superchargers, Shell by itself has over 3 times as many locations (Chevron has 1846). In TX, Shell's 1548 stations has over 12 times as many.
I live in Rochester, MN and a regional convenience store chain called Kwik Trip (Top Tier fuel) is where I go frequently. They are extremely clean, have very friendly employees and good prices. They have over 150 locations in MN vs 25 Tesla Supercharger locations. In the Rochester city limits they have 15 locations vs 1 Tesla Supercharger location.
I enjoy going to the dirt track races at Deer Creek Speedway south of Rochester, MN. I literally drive right by 6 Kwik Trip stations on my way to or from the speedway. I never pass an EV charger (of any kind) location at all on that 30 minute drive.
This is just one of the reasons that an EV is not a desirable option for me.