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PoindexterOglethorpe

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11. Where are those fast charging stations?

Reply to diane in sf (Reply #3)

Wed May 24, 2017, 11:08 AM

May 2017

Does your friend cover 500 miles in a day? Or does he do it in 150 mile increments?

I notice the rare charging stations I see, and I haven't yet noticed them along the interstates or along the secondary roads I also use.

Meanwhile, there are gas stations everywhere.

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