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re: Louisiana installing 82 more EV charging stations
Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:08 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:08 pm to JohnnyKilroy
My point being there are much better uses for this $1.7 million.
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Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:11 pm to BurningHeart
tis is actually a sound investment
Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:13 pm to jmarto1
If it is a sound investment then why isnt the state prioritizing tax dollars towards building EV stations ahead of everything else?
A sound investment means a highe ROI than alternatives. I do not see ROI in building EV charging stations. And reduced emissions does not equate to any sort of ROI.
A sound investment means a highe ROI than alternatives. I do not see ROI in building EV charging stations. And reduced emissions does not equate to any sort of ROI.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:45 pm to member12
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Louisiana installing 82 more EV charging stations
What happens when a hurricane or a winter storm knocks out power for a week or more?
Posted on 8/23/21 at 7:19 pm to member12
Why are taxpayers paying for this? Let Ford or tesla pay for it.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 7:23 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Why are taxpayers paying for this? Let Ford or tesla pay for it.
VW is paying for it. Can you read?
Posted on 8/23/21 at 7:36 pm to BurningHeart
quote:It will depend on location. If at dorms or student parking it could easily be a deciding factor.
I have to disagree. Students may want EVs, but the deciding factors doesnt include whether a charging station is available on campus.
quote:Lots of parents buy vehicles for college students, and in the long run EVs pay off in fuel savings. Also if I have a daughter in college I would love if she could charge on campus rather than hit up shady gas stations.
It's likely vehicle price and the availability of charging stations being onpar with gas stations.
quote:Who said they were?
And state owned charging stations isnt free.
quote:Looks like install fee is covered. Maintenance on charging stations is mostly negligible barring intentional damage.
That's tax dollars to install and maintain them
quote:Switching some state-owned vehicles to EVs is an opportunity to do just that, be more efficient with our tax dollars. Lower fuel and maintenance costs, and state employee time saved from having to stop and fuel up.
government does not do anything as nearly as efficiently as the private sector.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 7:41 pm to Korkstand
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state employee time saved from having to stop and fuel up.
I spent last week at my company’s annual fleet meeting and I talked to a lot of people about this. I have a ton of data on employee behavior and dicking around at gas stations. Eliminating just a small fraction of it would give us thousands of labor hours back a year that we’re already paying for. And we’re a fraction as inefficient as the government.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 8:08 pm to JohnnyKilroy
But it doesn't agree with what they believe in
Posted on 8/24/21 at 9:58 am to kywildcatfanone
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Why are taxpayers paying for this? Let Ford or tesla pay for it.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 10:03 am to Korkstand
I could be wrong, but they are also working on a battery that will take a lot less time to charge right? For some reason I thought I read that somewhere, but I would think that would be important in order to appeal to more people.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 10:06 am to OweO
Many on this board will tell you that battery technology will not get better. No one is doing R&D whatsoever...
Posted on 8/24/21 at 10:08 am to Hamma1122
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Wasteful spending
VW is paying for it.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 10:10 am to jmarto1
quote:Yep, I can't recall who, but definitely remember a thread where a poster was saying we've reached the limits of technology and couldn't really go any further with battery technology.
Many on this board will tell you that battery technology will not get better.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 10:11 am to Hamma1122
quote:By who?
Wasteful spending
Posted on 8/24/21 at 10:11 am to jmarto1
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Many on this board will tell you that battery technology will not get better. No one is doing R&D whatsoever...
None at all. No one is researching batteries, or pouring billions into the sector. And there's definitely no one working on grid balancing solutions for when there a metric frick ton of interconnected storage on the grid. Only a fool would look into these areas.
Posted on 8/24/21 at 10:16 am to billjamin
Yep, those are not sound investments
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