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EvoFire 01-19-2026 11:30 AM

Hands and feet up agree with Hehe. It's not how much throughput but rather how many chargers and how available it is.

On a drive to Alberta for example, you would likely stop at Merritt/Kamloops for lunch and stop at Golden over night (We did that like 15 years ago). There's no chargers IIRC next to McD in Merritt, and staying overnight in Golden, even a 6kw charger would give you at least 50-70kw over night conservatively.

I'm surprised the fast food places hasn't gotten into the charging game. It makes so much sense.

Traum 01-19-2026 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by EvoFire (Post 9208636)
I'm surprised the fast food places hasn't gotten into the charging game. It makes so much sense.

Isn't the general consensus that it is pretty difficult to make money (or even just break even) from operating EV chargers?

It's just like the Chinese saying that "no one will engage in a money losing business, but someone will engage in a money-making but illegal business".

Hehe 01-19-2026 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by EvoFire (Post 9208636)
Hands and feet up agree with Hehe. It's not how much throughput but rather how many chargers and how available it is.

On a drive to Alberta for example, you would likely stop at Merritt/Kamloops for lunch and stop at Golden over night (We did that like 15 years ago). There's no chargers IIRC next to McD in Merritt, and staying overnight in Golden, even a 6kw charger would give you at least 50-70kw over night conservatively.

I'm surprised the fast food places hasn't gotten into the charging game. It makes so much sense.

Yeah. We have actually had a road trip with both ICE/EV running the same route. We just agreed to meet at the destination, and the difference was about 30min and all the way to Lake Louise.

People gotta eat and pee. If I was by myself and cannonballing somewhere, that might make a more significant difference. As far as IRL driving scenario, the difference is very small other than we'd stop to eat near chargers.


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