The First Electric Freeway Is An Oregon Trail

[gremlin]

now that is funny. insted of gas stations theres going to be charging stations. heck i wonder its going to take 30 min to charge. how many shops are going to be set up along the highway. it would be a good spot to sell stuff. after all your going to be stopping for 30 min to fuel.


Interstate 5 crosses Washington state from Oregon to Canada. And later this year, work will begin to make it the first electric highway in the United States. It's good to be a Volt owner in the Pacific Northwest.

While I enjoy the mental image of lightning bolts six lanes wide, the electric freeway project's goal is actually to install 10 Level-3 electric charging stations along the route. Each station can charge at 400 volts and 30 amps, enough to fill up an electric vehicle to 80% in a half an hour.

The stations, funded by a $1.32 million federal grant will be situated every 80 miles, close enough to ensure that future Volt and Leaf owners won't run out of juice. Because it's a lot easier to bring a tank of gasoline back from a station than it is a tank of electricity. [Autoblog Green via Inhabitat]

http://gizmodo.com/5578718/the-first-el ... egon-trail

[Gold Seeker]

now that is funny. insted of gas stations theres going to be charging stations. heck i wonder its going to take 30 min to charge. how many shops are going to be set up along the highway. it would be a good spot to sell stuff. after all your going to be stopping for 30 min to fuel.

Man that brings up all kinds of possibilities for business, you can have them at fast food restaurants, casinos, laundry mats, Wal-marts, miniature golf, video arcade, tanning salon, barbershop, beauty salon, fitness center, helicopter rides, shooting range, MAN I could go on and on, but I think the best business would be a car lot so they could trade their DAMM electric car in for a REAL car on just be on their way!!!

I'm all for electric vehicles, but they should be only for around town and short trips enabling you to return to your home to charge the batteries!!


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