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On 2024-06-28 16:48, Chips Loral wrote:
> 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!

Funny that no one has an actual picture of this alleged generator...

...or video of it and the noise it makes.

> 
>> 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.

Really? Show a picture.

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

Where was that?

Quote it, and show the source.