Hundreds of new EV charging stations coming to San Diego
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- When it comes to getting an electric vehicle, one of the biggest roadblocks is having somewhere to charge it.
The City of San Diego is now tackling that issue of accessibility by signing a deal that will create a network of hundreds of charging stations throughout all communities.
Over the next two years, recreation center and library parking lots like the one in Valencia Park will be transformed, offering electric vehicle charging stations throughout the city of San Diego. It's a move that some San Diegans looking to go electric say they are looking forward to.
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I love my bolt EV. I went from spending $350 on gasoline (for old car) to spending $50-$60 on electricity driving the same amount of miles.
lol there are so many FREE ev chargers in SD.. I can't wait til they add more
Unless you have free charging, it’s better to charge at home. .12 cents during off peak hours vs .56 cents at the station.
Sadly CA residential electricity rates are insane, cheapest off-peak EV PG&E rate is 34c+, some superchargers off-peak rates are cheaper than that! It used to be a lot better, but it has closed gap... still a lot more convenient at home of course, and still 30-60% cheaper than non-hybrid gas cars.
Luckily/smartly, I got rooftop solar, so all my home EV charging is FREE (solar already paid off in 5yrs)... now covers $1800/yr home power, PLUS $1500/yr worth of gas equivalent charging (8-9k mi/yr, only costs me
@@cgamiga our current rate is .12 cents a KWH plus a $24 monthly fee during off peak hours. Weekdays 12-6am and weekends 12am - 2pm.
@@transparentdetailing1954 wow... here PG&E cheapest EV2a plan is 35c offpeak (midnight-3pm), 52-55c mid-peak (3-4p, 9p-midnight), and 54-66c peak (4-9p). Absolutely insane rates... and they are asking for more rate increases, too.
Notably higher than even Hawaii, which has to ship in fuel oil for power plants!
Few years ago it was 17c off-peak.
SOOO glad I got solar and I am still covered/net-zero (pay min fee per month for grid/transmission.)
Most other states, power & EV charging is MUCH cheaper/better, even if their gasoline is also cheaper instead of $5+/gal here...
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That lady needs to seek big and better dreams if owning a Tesla is her goal in life 😮
All the meanwhile, in summertime, when the grid is overloaded and Newsom tells you to stop charging your car, whatcha gunna do 🤔
Charging at work or at library/shopping parking lots during the day, when we have a glut of solar, actually HELPS the grid as sometimes they have to curtail solar production w/o extra demand. Hopefully as more EVs come w/ two-way charging (eg, they can give power BACK from battery), EVs can actually HELP the grid during few peak hour load times and act as dispersed batteries, like home Tesla Powerwalls already do.
Wow, can not wait for rolling Blackouts. Maybe we could move to only using Electricity at 4 am. And just get candles to light the house. Sit in our cars with A/C on to save cooling our house. Cook outside on a camp stove. Wash clothes on a rock by the river.
Meanwhile newsom and his partners in crime will be dining at the French Laundry after being chauffeured in their gas powered limos. I love Cali.🤑
Most EV owners charge at home overnight, when there is little demand on the grid, or at work during the day, when there is lots of solar glut and cheap power. Peak grid demand is 4-7pm when much less solar, still high A/C demand and cooking at home... no EV owner plugs in and charges at those times. They charge later at night, when rates are cheaper, and grid demand is low. Easy to schedule .
PS I HAVE sat in my EV w/ AC on in garage, since my house doesn't have AC yet... similar has actually saved lives in TX when freezing weather broke the grid, able to stay warm and even charge devices safely in garage in their EV... same applies for heat wave in TX, can at least cool off in car w/ car AC even if house/town power is out, for a few days.
Some cars can even power the entire house for DAYS if plugged in! Worth 10 powerwalls!
EV haters here is my advice. Cry Harder! lol
More EV charging stations will make our electric bills go up. Because the electric companies will need to upgrade their aging power grids to handle the extra electricity demands from the EV charging stations.
Who thinks its practical to spend 30 minutes waiting for a car to charge as apposed to 5 minutes to gas a car?
Ev owner here…I wouldn’t own one if I couldn’t charge at home.
@@transparentdetailing1954 adding a charging station for your home adds another approximately $3k to the cost of owning a e.v..
as noted, home charging is the most convenient and cheapest way to charge... 5 seconds to plug/unplug, charges overnight or wkend day etc when you aren't using it, no time lost and cheaper (less so now given PGE/SDGE horrendous off-peak rates)...
and if you charge while parked at work or shopping/library/dining out, then... those 30minutes aren't wasted at all. Same during roadtrips, mostly you charge during needed breaks every 2hrs or so.
@@cgamiga Charged this morning while asleep. 12-6am.
Tesla is the best car company ever! No gas stations, No oil changes, No smog check, No corrupt dealership, No catalytic converter and as fast as a $650,000 Lamborghini
IT IS AWESOME
Oh well… I’ll just keep my gas burners in good shape and keep them to pass on to my grand kids so none of us ever have to waste a penny on these stupid electric cars.
How will they refine their own gas? Just gonna be another piece of junk, scrapped.
@@nesseb1 nope. People will keep refining fuel. Electric cars are just a fad until an actual decent “battery” is created. On top of that, the creation of electricity is massively dirty unless we go nuclear. Both things are a long way off… and, on top of that, electric car companies are falling apart because at this point, everyone that was going to buy one already did. So sales are plummeting. Just Google it.
Your grand kids when they get older they won't want to be driving 1900 century technology. They will want the most recent phone, laptop, tech out there including cars.
@@PyroShields well… we’ll see how good this new technology works out. It has raised the expense of cars to a point where people aren’t buying new cars. Also, if like our home computers, these things go sideways ( which the still do even now) how much will they have to spend to get them back up?? Also, the Government has shown it wants full control of our cars. This would be a perfect reason to say no to the new technology.
@@joeblow1104 "our home computer go sideways" No idea what you mean by sideways. Considering there are countries that are almost all electric I think it's going well. Like the saying goes you can't teach a new dog a new trick. So I'm not going to try to convince you otherwise.