That is probably more to prevent brawls.
Googling Buc-ee’s restroom brawls…)
Yet another reason to avoid ever stopping there again.
That said, other people obviously love stopping there, so they should absolutely get in on the EV charging stations if they haven’t already.
There are some at the nearest Buc-ees to me. Not sure how many. It was built in the last few years.
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Not necessarily true in my neck of the woods. But there are other go to places that aren’t crowded like Buccees.
There were a good dozen EV charging stations at the one we stopped at. Maybe more.
I see more EV charging stations on road trips than actual EVs.
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But do the charging stations actually work? I’ve heard/seen lots for some reason or another are down a lot.
On the I-95 North in NJ we saw a billboard for Buc-ee’s with a u-turn arrow indicating you missed the exit and then “581 miles”.
I have no idea if it would be worth paying for the billboard space, but I laughed and find the brand more endearing.
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Heh, I’m not worried about BF forcing a long road trip in an EV on me if that’s what you’re getting at.
If you mistakenly believe that I am opposed to other people driving EVs and taking long stops, I am not. I’m opposed to regulations which would force them on me when the tech is inferior to ICEs.
Other people can do what they want.
Heck, my new house has an EV charger. I might even buy one at some point. But I like having the ICE as an option.
And I’m not convinced that they’re all that green when they’re powered by coal-fired electric plants and their batteries are coming from strip mined rare earth metals that will eventually end up in a landfill of some sort.
Maybe I’m well aware of your long and consistent history of making arguments against EVs due to the charging time required on road trips, or maybe im not. Remember, if you ever get that EV and take it on a road trip, just stop exclusively at Bucees and you won’t even notice the charging time.
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Lord kill me now. An EV is not in the short term plans. I might get a plug-in hybrid next but it’ll be a while.
This is hubby’s argument.
This is incorrect.
EVs, use five “critical minerals”: lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite .
None of these are rare earth metals
Some of the newer batteries are using lithium iron phosphate
What rare earth metals are you talking about?
Traditional internal combustion engine vehicles—those that run on gas and diesel—actually rely on rare earths more than EVs,
Cobalt is the one that gets a lot of the bad press that is sourced from mines in Africa? Still bad, but not a “rare earth metal”
That’s true now, but EVs are a pretty small fraction of total car sales still. I wonder how it works out on a per-car basis. And, of course, the battery chemists are trying to engineer batteries that use less of these metals, maybe some day we’ll get near zero here.
LFP are Co and Mn free.
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Ok I don’t actually know what is a “rare earth metal” and that’s not the term hubby used but he said the supply of lithium is limited and the way it is sourced is pretty bad for the environment. I don’t actually know and haven’t bothered to google it.
Lithium is a problem. I think people are trying to make sodium work instead, which would be much better.
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Is that a change? I recall reading about the issue a while ago when hybrids were newer. I am admittedly not up on the latest in electric vehicle batteries.