TonyWilliams
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snoltor said:25 million would give us 500 CHAdeMO stations if they were $50,000 each. They could be spaced along some of the major highways as you mention. I know a guy who works with CARB on biofuels and the CARB employees that he knows tell him that battery electrics are a fad that will end in 2 years and then hydrogen will take over. So if that attitude is pervasive in CARB there's your answer.
tgreene said:Who has planned this? Seems pretty stupid to me: we need a quick charging infrastructure along popular driving routes in the state to make electric cars more practical for people.
The states of Oregon and Washington get this and have already built the West Coast Electric Highway.
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OIPP/docs/WCEH_brochure.pdf
Building the WCEH through California has always been a goal of the BC2BC http://www.AllElectricVehicleRally.org.
One idea just popped into my mind:
What if we developed a fund for putting in the the several CHAdeMO chargers needed to complete a trip in a CHAdeMO equipped car with over 100 mile range between Santa Barbara and San Jose, California.
It's about 300 miles from Santa Barbara to San Jose, so a minimum of two charger locations would be required. It's probable that Nissan would donate the chargers.
The funds raised would be for installation.