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You unfortunately would need charging stations closer than 250 miles apart for travelers.
I still say the bigger issue is ...
How do you get the Land for those charging stations ?
If you have noticed, all of the Rest Areas & Truck Weigh Stations are several feet away from the actual roadway , that is for Safety Reasons.
You may have noticed that there is a Barb or Hog Wire Fence X amount of feet from the highway.
That is the Property Line.
In many places, that fence is to darn close to the highway.
So to be safe, the State would need land that is on the other side of that fence.
They will not pay Market Price for that land & the land owner won't sell the land for less then market value, if they even want to see the land at all.
There fore, the State will go to a court & force the property owner to sell, claiming the it is for the Public Good, in other words
Public Domain will come into play.
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Fun Fact:
If you have ever been on, or read about the German Autobahn.
There is a stretch of road that the German Engineers wanted to be arrow straight for several miles, but one very important Farmer was told that the paved road would be going real close to the farmers house & barn & that he would have his property basically cut in half.
Apparently he had enough influence that the Engineers were told to re-route around that farm.
One of the top Engineers told everyone that the curve was there, because drivers would tend to fall asleep if the road did not have any distractions & having that curve in the road was needed to keep people awake
I still say the bigger issue is ...
How do you get the Land for those charging stations ?
If you have noticed, all of the Rest Areas & Truck Weigh Stations are several feet away from the actual roadway , that is for Safety Reasons.
You may have noticed that there is a Barb or Hog Wire Fence X amount of feet from the highway.
That is the Property Line.
In many places, that fence is to darn close to the highway.
So to be safe, the State would need land that is on the other side of that fence.
They will not pay Market Price for that land & the land owner won't sell the land for less then market value, if they even want to see the land at all.
There fore, the State will go to a court & force the property owner to sell, claiming the it is for the Public Good, in other words
Public Domain will come into play.
.............................................................
Fun Fact:
If you have ever been on, or read about the German Autobahn.
There is a stretch of road that the German Engineers wanted to be arrow straight for several miles, but one very important Farmer was told that the paved road would be going real close to the farmers house & barn & that he would have his property basically cut in half.
Apparently he had enough influence that the Engineers were told to re-route around that farm.
One of the top Engineers told everyone that the curve was there, because drivers would tend to fall asleep if the road did not have any distractions & having that curve in the road was needed to keep people awake