A network of gas stations for electric vehicles will appear in the USA

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    Currently, one of the main problems for the wide distribution of electric vehicles is the lack of a developed network of electric gas stations. The United States intends to solve this problem. SolarCity, together with Rabobank, with the support of Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, has announced that it is building a corridor of fast-charging stations for electric vehicles.
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    A gas station corridor will be located along the 101st motorway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. To date, 4 stations have been installed: in Salinas, Atascadero, Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo. The fifth station will be built in Goleta in mid-October 2009. The charging stations located in Salinas, Atascadero and San Luis Obispo are powered by a common power supply, and the station in Santa Maria is equipped with a solar panel (30 kW).


    Each station includes a fast charger with a voltage of 240 V and a current of 70 A. It can fully charge a Tesla Roadster in about 3.5 hours. Unfortunately, so far fast-charging stations are designed only for charging Tesla Roadster electric vehicles, but SolarCity intends to equip fast-charging devices with universal forks as soon as they appear (after about six months).
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