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Popularity has costs, some are waiting in line for 45 minutes to use a fast charger.

EV is not for everyone, but those Rivian are nice though. =3

Walmart has some gigantic amount of sites under construction or in permitting at many of their stores, and many are being built by other operators too. Charging proliferation hasn't slowed down.

Indeed, the entire community is paying to upgrade the grid to support that infrastructure. =3

Well given Rivians rank among the worst EVs in the world efficiency-wise, maybe if you care about not spending your life at charging stations, don't buy a Rivian? Or a Tesla for that matter, since Tesla lies about their efficiency numbers and the real-world numbers are middling at best.

It is the low temperature performance that make most EV impractical. A Tesla power pack heater means the charge will be completely depleted if left outdoors for more than a week in winter.

EV are meant for people that live in 4'C to 42'C weather, and have excess capacity on their solar installations. Everyone else is getting subsidized by their neighbors paying for excess electrical capacity. =3

Someone needs to tell all those people in Norway.

NY and Chicago are a little closer... =3

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