Generators ,it's a law now that gas stations in NJ must have back up power source. After Sandy most stations have them. I can fill up my car with gas in less than 5 minutes.
On the backend, I can see people in general are not liking this video with all the dislikes, what can be improved? Let me know. Thanks! I drove to 12 electric vehicle charging stations in Lake Elsinore, and Wildomar, California, to see which ones had power, and which ones did not have power.
@ When did I say that was most of California? It's a huge power outage for us but not near the whole state, there are close to, if not more people here than in the whole country of Canada.
There are almost 40 million people in California. So I would say most people do have power and those with electric cars can drive to a charger that is working.
Wasn't one of the selling points for Ford or Tesla EVs was that you could power you home with the EV in case of some natural disaster? I thought that was a pretty cool selling point.
It’s called vehicle to load or vehicle to home and I used it the last power outage so nothing would spoil in any refrigerator, and we had lights and everything else we needed. Though it was just V2L so I used some extension cords.
I said I was going to record a video, they where fine, when I started they asked me to not show their car or face, I said that is hard since I want to show the charging station, I said if she doesn't want to be seen, to move somewhere else in the parking lot since she's not charging either. She told me to leave, I ignored her and started recording, either way she called the cops on me, the cop must have been in the parking lot when she called, they got there nearly instantly, and told her I'm allowed to record. I wasn't being mean, I just tried to work out why she didn't want to be recorded, what her worry is, stuff like that.
@Marc816 my whole house generator begs to differ. Also, just prior to a storm I always fill up with petrol the v8 and charge up the tesla. Just like my pappy always said to do
If Walmart has a generator, it could not support 1 DC fast charger. You do realize these need 480V at a couple of hundred AMPS. OTOH a single L2 charger could work (240V 30-50 Amps)
At the same time there are plenty of other chargers that actually worked. It didn't just have to be walmart. Just drive to a different charger that has power. Usually the electrical company will tell you which charger is actually work during a power outage.
We didn’t have power for a couple days so my EV powered everything in my home we needed. The breaker panel is only 240V @ 200A or 64 horsepower, not even a fifths of the cars power so even the whole house maxed is very low load on the battery compared to full power. When it got low, I fast charged it up to ferry more electrons back home.
Since most gas stations are already mini-marts with food, they need standby generators to run the pumps and keep the food from thawing. So finding a gas station open in a power outage is pretty easy.... they're the ones that have the lights on.
@ Virtually every gas station has a backup generator because the losses from spoiled food would pay for the generator. The only ones that may not have a generator would be gas-only stations that don't do repairs. But if you have a repair shop associated with the gas, they also have a generators because of the potential business losses.
Not how the conversion works... stop. 33.4kwh for a tesla model 3 will go 160 miles of range. You are either really disingenuous or really really really really slow.
Yes, but you're forgetting an ICE car only uses about 30% of that to power the wheels. An EV uses about 80% of that to power the wheels. That's why it's cheaper to operate. My 500e gets about 140 MPGe (equivalent). About $4 go 35 miles in my old gas car, $2 in my 500e if I charge at home. Some Safeways and Walgreens let you charge for about an hour for free (longer if nobody pays attention).
If it's private property but open to the public like a parking lot that is not fenced it's perfectly allowed to record. If it is surrounded by a fence it is still allowed to record inside the fence even if it says no trespassing if it's visibly visible let's say through a chain link fence. But if it's a brick fence and you're climbing up and over it might not be allowed.
There are hand pumps and you can use a gas generator to pump the gas. You aren't using generators to charge electric cars. I know you think you are bright but you aren't.
Gas pumps don't work during power outages. What is wrong with the video? I'm open to improving, but just saying "s##t video", I can't work with that. When I talk about EV's, the main thing I hear is "what if the power goes out?", so this video I answered the question.
With a EV you can run it as long as you want at an idle and not have to worry about burning up your catalytic converters or anything. You can quite literally charge your whole house off an electric vehicle. Electric vehicles also require less maintenance. A simple electric vehicle has less things to break as well. Electric vehicles have instant torque as well which is pretty neat. It's like teleporting like in Minecraft with the ender pearl. You don't never have to go to a gas station for the most part. You just charge at home. I really don't see any downsides for 99% of the population with owning an electric vehicle. At most a level 2 charger should be just fine.
@@psdaengr911 gas can be stored in gas cans and dumped into tank.. no pump... you can keep a few 5 gallons around for emergency's. 2nd it can be hand pumped out of a bigger tank/.. Pay with Ca$h. Never seen an ev charger take cash
Guess what? Gas pumps do not work without POWER either.
Generators ,it's a law now that gas stations in NJ must have back up power source. After Sandy most stations have them. I can fill up my car with gas in less than 5 minutes.
You have a good point! I went to Costco for gas, and could not get gas, pumps didn't have power.
EV's can charge pretty quickly too .
#gascans
@@extralock1045 COSCO has generators for sale normally, just need electrician to hook on u[p to pumps
On the backend, I can see people in general are not liking this video with all the dislikes, what can be improved? Let me know. Thanks!
I drove to 12 electric vehicle charging stations in Lake Elsinore, and Wildomar, California, to see which ones had power, and which ones did not have power.
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400k isn't most of california. That is about 1% of californians. Get a grip on reality.
@ When did I say that was most of California? It's a huge power outage for us but not near the whole state, there are close to, if not more people here than in the whole country of Canada.
Tight editing is the key to keep people interested. I have no issue with it though.
There are almost 40 million people in California. So I would say most people do have power and those with electric cars can drive to a charger that is working.
Yes! I 100% agree! The biggest complaint I hear is "what if there's a power outage?", but it's not a big deal.
@@extralock1045 Then stop clickbaiting.
How do you know which chargers are working without driving all around?
@@teekay_1 There are apps for that.
@@thomgizziz Where am I click baiting? I don't clickbait. "What if the power goes out?", and I drove around and checked out chargers.
Wasn't one of the selling points for Ford or Tesla EVs was that you could power you home with the EV in case of some natural disaster? I thought that was a pretty cool selling point.
It’s called vehicle to load or vehicle to home and I used it the last power outage so nothing would spoil in any refrigerator, and we had lights and everything else we needed. Though it was just V2L so I used some extension cords.
Yes, you can power your house with an EV. (:
They don’t have the right to not be recorded if in public view
Unless you monetize the video, then you may need a release or pay the person.
@@stevekight1955Not in the US.
@ Yes, in the U.S., depending on the circumstances.
Perhaps he politely asked and he respected their decision.
I said I was going to record a video, they where fine, when I started they asked me to not show their car or face, I said that is hard since I want to show the charging station, I said if she doesn't want to be seen, to move somewhere else in the parking lot since she's not charging either. She told me to leave, I ignored her and started recording, either way she called the cops on me, the cop must have been in the parking lot when she called, they got there nearly instantly, and told her I'm allowed to record.
I wasn't being mean, I just tried to work out why she didn't want to be recorded, what her worry is, stuff like that.
Oddly Walmart only shows free EV charging in AR and TX.
That's awesome!
Here in Australia there is free EV charging at some supermarkets and hardware stores but it's not fast charging.
@@gold3084 That is perfect!
"pee-yower"
Love it. Hope your family stays safe!
Thank you! Lol.
Imagine in the winter in places that are below 0 degrees
"Charging an electric vehicle during a power outage." - YOU DON'T!!!!!!!
@Marc816 my whole house generator begs to differ. Also, just prior to a storm I always fill up with petrol the v8 and charge up the tesla. Just like my pappy always said to do
Just look around, some chargers even have solar setups, you can charge off solar. It's great. Or drive to a normal charger that works if needed.
If Walmart has a generator, it could not support 1 DC fast charger. You do realize these need 480V at a couple of hundred AMPS.
OTOH a single L2 charger could work (240V 30-50 Amps)
Yes but they could also reduce the power output for each charger. And share between them.
At the same time there are plenty of other chargers that actually worked. It didn't just have to be walmart. Just drive to a different charger that has power. Usually the electrical company will tell you which charger is actually work during a power outage.
You should bring a generator truck and charge people to charge their EV's 😂 Desil is king!
Why? It's very easy to charge it.
We didn’t have power for a couple days so my EV powered everything in my home we needed. The breaker panel is only 240V @ 200A or 64 horsepower, not even a fifths of the cars power so even the whole house maxed is very low load on the battery compared to full power. When it got low, I fast charged it up to ferry more electrons back home.
How far was the charger you had to drive to?
Just out of curiosity how do you pump gasoline without electricity?
With a lot of difficulty 🤣
Since most gas stations are already mini-marts with food, they need standby generators to run the pumps and keep the food from thawing. So finding a gas station open in a power outage is pretty easy.... they're the ones that have the lights on.
You can't.
Many gas stations I went to didn't work, more stations didn't work for fuel than electric.
@ Virtually every gas station has a backup generator because the losses from spoiled food would pay for the generator.
The only ones that may not have a generator would be gas-only stations that don't do repairs. But if you have a repair shop associated with the gas, they also have a generators because of the potential business losses.
And when we get a foot of snow and the fuel tanker trucks can't get around, the gas pumps run out of gas.
Yup! You can just charge at home if you have power.
Plus, gas pumps as well don't work when the electric is off.
How come there’s even a power outage weather seems fine is there too little power production becouse too few power plants
It's because it was windy, and the power was shut off to prevent a fire, and it stayed off 8 hours after the wind ended.. I don't understand either.
Downloading an app is far better
Plugshare? (:
If they are in public. You can record. This is not europe.
I know, they where very upset and bossy.
12:07 48c/kwh * 33.4kwh/gal-of-gasoline = $16/gal-equivalent. that is very expensive fuel
If you have an EV best to be able to charge at home and even better have solar panels. Only having on street parking and EV not a good idea lol
Not how the conversion works... stop. 33.4kwh for a tesla model 3 will go 160 miles of range. You are either really disingenuous or really really really really slow.
Yes, but you're forgetting an ICE car only uses about 30% of that to power the wheels. An EV uses about 80% of that to power the wheels. That's why it's cheaper to operate. My 500e gets about 140 MPGe (equivalent). About $4 go 35 miles in my old gas car, $2 in my 500e if I charge at home. Some Safeways and Walgreens let you charge for about an hour for free (longer if nobody pays attention).
Yes! Our electric here is silly expensive! I pay $0.67/KWh at my house.
@gold3084 I agree! Though, for some reason power is more expensive at my house, than at a super charger.. Why!? I don't get it. Lol.
Its a public place. Record whoever you want.
its private property, it's not owned by the city.
If it's private property but open to the public like a parking lot that is not fenced it's perfectly allowed to record.
If it is surrounded by a fence it is still allowed to record inside the fence even if it says no trespassing if it's visibly visible let's say through a chain link fence. But if it's a brick fence and you're climbing up and over it might not be allowed.
@@Randyphx not too bright are you?
@@thomgizziz He does have it right, to a point though. (: No need to be rude about it.
Just download the app should tell you the prices
Edison, the power company, also shows which chargers work during an outage. (:
I am thankful that I have Solar Panels and Tesla Power Walls. Didn't even know there was a power outage.
That is awesome!
gas pumps need electricity
There are hand pumps and you can use a gas generator to pump the gas. You aren't using generators to charge electric cars. I know you think you are bright but you aren't.
Gas stations dont have backup generators and they dont sit there and hand pump gas into your car. Power goes out station is closed. Have a great day.
I went to several gas stations, and even Costco, the gas pumps didn't work. I found more EV charging stations that worked than gas pumps.
@thomgizziz Don't be rude.
Wonder if gas pumps with during power outages? I'll answer that, typically no! Shit video. Bad question.
Gas pumps don't work during power outages. What is wrong with the video? I'm open to improving, but just saying "s##t video", I can't work with that.
When I talk about EV's, the main thing I hear is "what if the power goes out?", so this video I answered the question.
stay with gas!
The gas pump was closed too it needs electric to be powered.
With a EV you can run it as long as you want at an idle and not have to worry about burning up your catalytic converters or anything. You can quite literally charge your whole house off an electric vehicle.
Electric vehicles also require less maintenance. A simple electric vehicle has less things to break as well.
Electric vehicles have instant torque as well which is pretty neat. It's like teleporting like in Minecraft with the ender pearl.
You don't never have to go to a gas station for the most part. You just charge at home. I really don't see any downsides for 99% of the population with owning an electric vehicle. At most a level 2 charger should be just fine.
@@extralock1045 for how long? pretty sure that wouldnt do more than 10 hrs. Either way good video checking out the situation.
Just out of curiosity how do you pump gasoline without electricity? How do you pay for ANYTHING?
@@psdaengr911 gas can be stored in gas cans and dumped into tank.. no pump... you can keep a few 5 gallons around for emergency's. 2nd it can be hand pumped out of a bigger tank/.. Pay with Ca$h.
Never seen an ev charger take cash
Gas stations no longer need electricity.... awesome
In a pinch, you can just use a hand pump to pump electrons in your battery, or pour electricity from an electrican...
The gas pump needs electric.. It's in the name. Pump. It needs electric to pump the gas to your car. I went to gas stations, and they didn't work.