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Originally Posted by EvoFire
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.
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The US is quickly moving past “is there a charger that works” and into “how fast is it and how much does it cost.” None of the made money so 2 Billion of this funding came from the VW dieselgate settlement.
Coastal corridors (WA/OR/CA + Eastern Seaboard from Boston to DC): density is ~3–4x Vancouver, so availability is rarely the bottleneck. You’re choosing based on speed and price.
Southern states (Texas, NC, etc.): more like Vancouver-level density. Still generally workable, but you feel the gaps sooner, especially outside metros.
Rural US: closer to rural Canada / Alberta cities. Availability is very much still be the constraint, so planning matters.