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Alan wrote:
> On 2024-06-28 15:11, Chips Loral wrote:
>> Alan wrote:
>>> On 2024-06-27 21:05, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The Harris Ranch Tesla Supercharger station is an impressive beast.
>>>>
>>>> With 98 charging bays, the facility in Coalinga, California, is the 
>>>> largest
>>>> charging station in the world.
>>>>
>>>> And it's all powered by diesel.
>>>>
>>>> Largest EV Charging Station In World Powered By Diesel-Powered 
>>>> Generators
>>>>
>>>> LOL
>>>>
>>>> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GREBCFKXMAEXOdx?format=jpg&name=small
>>>
>>> Except for one thing:
>>>
>>> The claim is pure bullshit.
>>>
>>
>> No.
>>
>> YOU ARE!
>>
>> https://www.generatorsource.com/blog/September-2023-(1)/Does-Tesla%E2%80%99s-Mega-98-Supercharger-Location-Count-O.aspx 
>>
>>
>>  From SF Gate: “But as with many Tesla-related things, there is a 
>> secret, thinly obscured by an Oz-like curtain, at the Harris Ranch 
>> Supercharger. Hidden in plain sight across the way from the Harris 
>> Ranch Supercharger’s main stations, behind a Shell station, is a small 
>> diesel plant that has helped power Tesla’s footprint.”
>>
>> The news first broke by investigative journalist Edward Niedermeyer. 
>> In May 2015, Niedermeyer drove from his Oregon home to Harris Ranch to 
>> see whether “Musk’s latest bit of dream weaving could stand up to 
>> reality.”
>>
>> It’s unclear just what percentage of Supercharger power at Harris 
>> Ranch is being generated via diesel, as even apps devoted to tracking 
>> what kind of energy is delivered to Superchargers have no idea. But 
>> understand, generators play a vital role in backup power, or when 
>> extra power is needed to meet demand. Power outages are happening more 
>> often so standby, industrial generators are going to be more and more 
>> common in businesses, even at an EV supercharger location.
>>
>> https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/tesla-interstate-5-supercharger-power-plant-18343119.php 
>>
>>
>> Across the way from the Harris Ranch Supercharger’s main stations, 
>> behind a Shell station, sits a small building where, according to a 
>> 2015 report, a diesel generator once helped power Tesla’s footprint here.
>>
>> “I discovered that Tesla’s battery swap station was not in fact being 
>> made available to owners who regularly drove between California’s two 
>> largest cities,” Niedermeyer wrote in a May 2022 exposé for Slate. 
>> “Instead, the company was running diesel generators to power 
>> additional Superchargers (the kind that take 30 to 60 minutes to 
>> recharge a battery) to handle the holiday rush, their exhaust mingling 
>> with the unmistakable smell of bulls—t.”
>>
>> https://cowboystatedaily.imgix.net/tesla-superstation-10-1-23.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&q=75&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=clip&w=2048 
>>
>>
>> I cunt 17 or more right there!
> 
> "Setting the Record Straight
> 
> We categorically deny the allegations posed by this statement for the 
> following reasons:

Fuck 'em - they got caught!

> The building indicated is not, nor has it ever been a diesel plant. 
> Initially a car wash station, it was converted into a battery swap-out 
> station in 2015 and is now a storage facility and office for the Harris 
> Ranch Express BBQ management team, also featuring a walk-in refrigerator."
> 
> <https://www.harrisranch.com/news-info/harris-ranch-refutes-misinformation-on-property-use/> 

Dumb fucks!

There are 17 (that we can see) freestanding, but linked generators.

Their prior lie was that they were only there for power outages.

Die real soon, canucklehead.