4 New EV Fast Chargers Running On Solar Power Launched In California

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Four new EV fast chargers running on solar power have been launched in California between LA and Vegas at 65857 Rasor Rd, Baker, CA. The company that launched them is PowerStation, which is making the charging sessions at the new station free until the end of May.

The four charging ports are CCS, and there are six more fast chargers planned for this summer which will have NACS ports. The charging station has 1,080 solar panels to generate clean, renewable electricity and battery storage to store excess electricity to provide charges at night.

One EV driver said he was able to charge at 170 kW. The CCS chargers have a peak of 360 kW, but not all EVs can charge at such a high rate. The NACS chargers coming in summer will be much faster than 360 kW. The new charging station is located close to I-15 and is open 24/7.

It must be stated that EV chargers can be operated using clean, renewable electricity. Gas pumps at gas stations can only use dirty, toxic fuels that will never be clean or renewable.

Video comments

• “So cool, I live in Vegas and travel to LA often, would be very cool to charge my Rivian with solar on the way.”
• “I charge my e-moped with a solar panel. Twenty miles range for around town. It’s kinda awesome.”
• “Great! Looking forward to checking it out on the next road trip.”

Solar-powered EV chargers are not so common at the moment but they do exist and more and more EV chargers will likely be powered by solar and wind power in the future. In Oregon there is a fast charging hub with solar power and a huge one in Southern California.

Every time a new public EV charger is installed, the addition increases the number of public EV chargers available, and, in turn, demonstrates the approaching end of gas stations and gasmobiles. More fossil fuels is the harm, not the solution, and the online trolls, critics and haters never have any solutions.