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If you want to replace gas stations with EV charging stations that 'full-up' your car in less than 5 minutes, you're right.

But if every parking space just gets 1KW of solar panel ~$500 and sun shines for 10 hours a day, you probably have enough power for the 30 miles of daily commute. A car sits idle for 90% of the day. We can use this time to charge it.

It's not the long road trip use case but I think will put a big dent in the resources needed to migrate to EV.




> ~$500 and sun shines for 10 hours a day

Iā€™m not gonna spend 10 hours in an office and definitely not from sunrise to sunset. Also, 10 hours of sunshine in a day is a rarity in most of the US, especially during the winter.


Every parking space will have a 1KW charging panel so anytime you're not using your car it will charge. No need to stay at the office. Go about your day and every time you park your car it'll recharge.




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