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[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 2 points 14 hours ago

It's not about the energy, it's about actually having the gear installed for people to plug into. DC fast chargers are something like $50k to $100k each, and they need big fat grid connections or buffer batteries. Especially if there's a few of them next to each other.