# More ev stations **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384 "2024-07-19T20:36:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/1 "2024-07-19T20:36:05Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/b/fbd168f265a894e6a245a610a2f6312051beb2c0.jpeg) McDonald’s by me is adding ev stations. Good I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/2 "2024-07-19T21:38:04Z")
EV charging stations at fast food restaurants? Seems an odd combination, given that the purpose of fast food is to make the dining experience brief, on the order of 15-20 minutes. Office parks, shopping malls, even grocery stores, all seem a better fit. Places where you’ll likely be parking for an hour or more. I wonder what the thinking is ? ---
**Author:** ![Rainflurry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cab0a1/32.png) [@Rainflurry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rainflurry)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/3 "2024-07-19T22:02:07Z")
Some GM vehicles can get ~75 miles of range with a 10 minute charge. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/4 "2024-07-19T22:28:19Z")
Actually quite a few truck stops have Mac or other fast food joints attached. So ten minutes at the pump, a rest room stop and a cheeseburger will get me 400 miles down the road. Nice timing though. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/5 "2024-07-19T22:38:03Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > given that the purpose of fast food is to make the dining experience brief, Have you BEEN to a McDonalds recently? They are anything but “fast” these days! Plenty of time to charge up an EV. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/6 "2024-07-19T22:50:32Z")
> [@bing](#): > > So ten minutes at the pump, a rest room stop and a cheeseburger will get me 400 miles down the road. I try to travel no more than ten miles from work during a lunch break. To charge for 20 minutes twice a week during lunch seems realistic to me. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/7 "2024-07-20T00:46:42Z")
Wawa and Royal Farms stores often have Tesla Superchargers. They serve fast food and other food items in addition to selling gas. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/8 "2024-07-20T01:09:42Z")
WaWa has good food. They get pretty crowded at lunchtime around me. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/9 "2024-07-20T01:19:16Z")
If someone asked me where I was going I don’t think I could answer " WaWa " . ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/10 "2024-07-20T01:22:54Z")
It is a weird name for a fuel and food stop but then so is Buc-Ees. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/11 "2024-07-20T06:04:43Z")
Makes more sense if it’s near the freeway just off an exit ramp, where you might want a break anyways. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 7:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/12 "2024-07-20T07:52:41Z")
The WaWa in Vienna VA doesn’t have any fuel pumps just a dozen or so charging stations. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/13 "2024-07-20T11:46:39Z")
I rarely go to the WaWa in my area, only if my regular station is out of non-ethanol gas. When I have been there, people loitering around the station asking for money or selling drugs. On the plus side, good coffee. I do want to try Buc-ee’s but 90+ minutes away. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/14 "2024-07-20T12:27:18Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Wawa and Royal Farms stores often have Tesla Superchargers. They serve fast food and other food items in addition to selling gas. There is a Panera restaurant about 7 miles from my home, and they installed about 10 Tesla Superchargers a few years ago, in their parking lot. When I drove past, it seemed like there were never more than 2 or 3 chargers being used. But recently, a Shake Shack and a Chipotle were opened on either side of the Panera, and now the chargers are used by _many_ more cars every time that I pass. There is yet another fast food place being built nearby in the same complex, so I predict that more chargers will be added in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/15 "2024-07-20T12:50:27Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/2/128f99e6e95b425b8b922eda6367d85b61d5d315.jpeg) Chargers are on south side of site. Probably the busiest interesection in town. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/16 "2024-07-20T13:04:05Z")
South is at the bottom of the photo? Anyway, it’s their store and their choice. If there are a lot of unused parking spots, adding the charging stations might be a good idea. It also isn’t clear how many parking spots will become charging spots. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/17 "2024-07-20T19:09:46Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/0/808161fe8c4ef9d537c4648aa4caa27a4748d9a7.jpeg) Haha. And they have shoot spotter rig next to ev spot. The ev charger is 5-6’ from curb so cars can pull in and plug will reach rear of car it seems. So charger will be between cars and not at ends. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/18 "2024-07-20T19:16:03Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Have you BEEN to a McDonalds recently? I’ve had no fast food experiences since the 2020 Covid lockdown. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/19 "2024-07-20T22:33:23Z")
You have Wawa down there? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384/20 "2024-07-20T23:19:43Z")
Yes we do have WaWa. A Buc Ees was planned but that fell through [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384.md?page=2)