An Oct. 25 Instagram video (link) shows an Australian electric vehicle charging station that includes a large blue diesel generator.
“Look! It’s an electric charger for an electric car, and right there that is a diesel-powered generator to run your electric charging point for your car,” a narrator says. “That generator runs 24 hours of the day, seven days a week.”
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The diesel generator in the station does not run 24/7. The station is powered by solar panels (which are also visible in the video) and the diesel generator provides back-up power, according to the company that built the charger.
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