Charging at restaurants hotels and work

[Crissa]

The founder of both is Reeves Callaway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely_Callaway_Jr.

-Crissa

 

[Sirfun]

Callaway is a nice botanical garden/golf resort which does not allow any motorcycles on the premises (?????) so I was oddly surprised when they had no interest at all of making an attempt to welcome the EV driving segment of the population to keep the $$$ flowing. Dinosaurs, go figure.
I am a plant nerd so going there is like a kid going to see the Mouse.

How about everyone reading this message give them a call or e-mail and mention you would like to come for a visit and ask about EV Charging. Let's be the squeaky wheel. Make the leap.

Callaway Resort & Gardens
17800 US Hwy 27
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
(844) 512-3826

https://www.callawaygardens.com/

Yes, I looked at it yesterday on the web. Looks like an awesome resort. My best friend's wife worked in Callaway Golf headquarters in Carlsbad and she told me Callaway Corvette owner was family. So I looked at that connection yesterday. Here's the page that shows the connections. https://www.callawaycars.com/homepage/the-company/callaway-family/ This could explain why they may be prejudiced to EV's. My 16 yr. old is a motor head and he has nightmares of Electric Self driving cars being the future. He worked at our local Toyota Dealer as an intern until Covid came along. So what I'm getting at is, there are lots of people that desperately don't want to see the future you and I are excited about.

 

[Luke42]

Being able to charge at almost any restaurant parking would be the freedom to roadtrip without taking special stops at Superchargers... Which need special consideration to tie to the grid while most L2 (aka Destination chargers) are simply a special connection to the breaker panel (like a dryer or oven).

A lot of the superchargers are located near restaurants.

The one in my town is within walking distance of several restaurants and a grocery store. They not my favorite midwestern strip-mall chain restaurants, but they're much nicer places to spend time than your average gas station.

 

[Crissa]

A lot of the superchargers are located near restaurants.

Very few of restaurants are located near superchargers, though. Very few towns have superchargers. Very few state routes have superchargers, etc.

Anyhow, my point was that an L2 charger can be added to the grid easily. It's like adding any appliance hook-up. But superchargers need to be located near certain types of substations. Many towns don't even have them (mine doesn't).

-Crissa