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Even in Oregon (or NJ where I'm originally from), it takes longer because of stuff outside of the actual pumping. So if for some reason you're not allowed to charge your own car, it'd just move from 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

Also in NJ it definitely doesn't take more than 5 extra minutes waiting for the attendant 95% of the time.

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depending on the station, and how many attendants are working, you can be up around 30 minutes. I've seen some very efficient stations that do a lot of turnaround, and some very inefficient stations that have 10 lanes of 6-8 cars per lane waiting.

that said, even at a full tank, that's only 220 miles for me, so unless I'm leaving Oregon on a trip, a 15 minute charge sounds amazing.

the good news is that I've not seen a charging station that had an attendant.

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