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Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Your tax dollars at work: NJ will subsidize building electric car charging stations
Government waste, econut edition:
Electric cars, still limited in how far they can go before needing to plug in for more juice, will soon be getting a jump start from New Jersey.
The state has launched a $725,000 grant program aimed at encouraging the installation of more electric vehicle charging stations.
Hey, remember back in the early 1900s when the state passed out grants to "encourage" the building of more gas stations?
Yeah, me neither.
According to the state Board of Public Utilities, there are currently 398 charging outlets at 181 locations in New Jersey, based on data kept by the federal Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center. BPU President Richard Mroz said the grant program will encourage greater use of electric vehicles as well as plug-in hybrids, by expanding the infrastructure network needed to keep alternative-fueled vehicles on the road in New Jersey.
398 charging stations doesn't sound like a lot. Except there probably aren't 398 electric cars in all of New Jersey.
Remember when the people who needed and wanted a service paid for that service? Ah, but then we couldn't have socialism, and use Other People's Money to buy votes and preen for favorable press.
Under the first phase of the New Jersey program, reimbursement grants of up to $250 will be offered on a first-come basis for each Level 1 charging station installed, and up to $5,000 for each Level 2 charging station.
Level 1 charging stations provide power through 120 volt lines, but take longer to charge. They add about 2 to 5 miles of range to a plugged-in electric vehicle per hour. Eight hours of charging at 120V can provide about 40 miles of range.
Level 2 stations, which offer more mileage range in a shorter period of time, are connected to 240 or 208 volt dedicated circuits, and can recharge a typical electric vehicle battery overnight.
Proving once again just how impractical electric cars really are. Plug in for an hour while twiddling your thumbs, and presto! you're good for another 2, maybe 5 miles. Lather, rinse, repeat!
Wait 8 hours (maybe take a nap?) and go a whopping 40 miles! Just don't turn on the air conditioning…
Or you could, oh I don't know, spend 8 minutes at the corner gas station and go upwards of 400 miles on a single tank. That is if you're smart enough to buy a Real Car instead of a glorified golf cart.
But then how would smug virtue-signaling liberals be able to feel good about
themselves at our expense?
Posted at 11:31 by Chris Wysocki
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