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Charging Stations

100 years ago People that could afford a car had this big problem. When they wanted to go somewhere the roads
might be big mud slews stranding them to wait for a tow, or they ran out of gas because gas stations were very
scarce. When they did make it to a Station if often had no fuel at all. Faced with problems many returned
to the horse and buggy. Others took to carrying jerry cans of gas.

In time as vehicles became more popular and Oil barrons wanted to make the riches of more sales, Infrastructure
developed to what we have today. But it wasn't all rosy. Over the time gas stations were almost on every street
corner until cars became so good at going distance that to stay alive stations had price wars to stay in
business. Many closed forever.

We have much the same situation here with the EV. Around town if your not too lead footed you can jaunt
around and make it home to charge over night or faster if you install a quick charger at home. At an average
of 33 km per day you might get up to 10 days between charges. But for those who use the vehicle for work doing
pick-ups and deliveries and carrying heavy loads the same is not true. They need charging stations and time to charge.

The EV has instantanious torque. Where an ICE car has to build torque to move faster the EV doesn't need this.
With an ICE you push pedal to the metal and speed up rapidly at the cost of burning the gas faster. With the EV
you can put the pedal to the metal and be instantly fast but seriously decrease your range of travel. The
motor may draw 10A at full speed, but each time you start to move from a stop it draws up to 25 times the
current so pedal to the metal is 250A for 1/120th of a second. If you start off slow (maybe 1kph) and as soon
as the vehicle starts to move you speed up, current draw may 0.5A x 25 = 12A surge for 1/120th of a second then
gradual climb to your speed and still faster than an ICE car would do. The difference is sub stancial.

Here's a real example. Calgary to Edmonton with jack rabbit starts the car was out of power by Red Dear. Using
slow Starts waiting 2 seconds before bringing up the speed and car went Calgary to Edmonton and back to
Red dear before needing a charge. Now fortunately, Calgary, Red dear, and Edmonton all have some quick
stations.

We need way more charge stations both in towns and cities but also between them. Canada is a vast country
in all directions. Road side assistance covers tows, gas calls, tire repairs simple engine troubles so maybe
they can also offer propane run generators too.