I’m looking forward to the large truck stop chains, which have announced plans to roll out fast chargers. They are conveniently located along highways, have restrooms, and some even have diner style restaurants (Black Bear diner?). I’m sure the food isn’t top notch, but I hope it would be somewhat better than a McDonald’s.
If EVs catch on a bit more in Indiana, I’ve got the perfect business model. I’ll call it a “charge and chill”, it will have a fast casual type of restaurant with a cafe, places to sit and work, a “fun room” for the families (arcade, toys, etc) and of course shopping. It will be like the EV Buc-ee’s!
That would be perfect. I think the truck stops have a great opportunity to morph into something like that. They already have all the infrastructure and the perfect locations. Take a look at these diner locations.
https://www.ta-petro.com/amenities/restaurants/black-bear-diner
#ElectricLotLizards
Rest areas too
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Agreed. The large rest stops that I’m familiar with on the east coast would be excellent opportunities as well. My experience on the west coast, though, is that there aren’t as many dedicated large rest stops. Hence my excitement over the truck stops (a sentence I never imagined I would be writing).
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The best part is the device that will distinguish e-fuels from existing oil fuels will not be needed for markets outside EU(aka US).
So business as usual for ICE 911 variants in Porsche’s two largest markets USA/China.
Lots of rest areas along the highways in Cali.
Add solar and ev charging… some food trucks… and Bob’s your uncle.
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Fun fact…GM sold a total of 2 Hummer EVs in Q1.
Fun Fact #2, Toyota Sold 17 Prius Primes in Q1, very odd.
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I’ve tried those BTC Power chargers at the safety rest areas and while slow the price is right however they are finicky as all get out.
Have you seen the movie Red Notice? I love the Taycan scene 
Apparently its because of planned but extended production halt for preparation of Silverado EV production.
Can’t imagine how many they will sell of the new model. That thing is is a home run.
Prii are really designed to be inspiring but the price difference between this and the Model 3 is ever so smaller. That with a lack of battery capacity on Toyota’s end and dealer ADMs on this hopefully they have a solution.
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Cheapest 2023 Prius starts at $27k and goes almost 650 miles on a tank of gas. They also look fantastic for once. A $42k Tesla with 270 mile range doesn’t compare, different type of vehicle. Toyota is going to sell these like hotcakes.
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Why were old Prii so ugly to begin with?
It’s weird because Toyota usually has pretty good styling, they must have outsourced the Prius design to a bad toy company.
I’m surprised that since Toyota is still pushing hybrid… they haven’t made:
Sienna Prime
Highlander Prime
Tacoma Prime
Camry Prime
They cant even get enough batteries to make the hybrid versions of those which require tiny batteries compared to the Prime, launching more Prime versions would be an absolute disaster.
For some reason Toyota predicted that EVs wont be the future until later on. Fine
But they also decided the Prime and hybrids dont need more battery production capacity in the interim?
Let me tell you about these things called airplanes… 
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