Charging electric car
With the continued proliferation of electric cars, I wonder if RV manufacturers are working toward a way my RV can charge a Tesla, or other electric vehicle, while plugged into shore power, or on the ...
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JRscooby wrote:
Well, AFAIK, I have never seen a electric powered car.
Oh, unless you’ve been hiding in the basement for the last few years, you have seen them. They just haven’t caught your attention. My bride bought a used plugin Prius a few months ago. It’s a 2012 MY and only goes 11 miles on pure electric, before switching itself to “regular” hybrid mode, but I started seeing Tesla’s out here in the middle of nowhere years before Tesla was able to legally sell cars in this state.
The previous owner of that Prius sold it to us to buy a Tesla. Everybody knows about the service intervals on IC cars. The first scheduled maintenance on that Tesla is at 25,000 miles, the next at 50,000. And the first is just to makes sure everything is as it should be, thus free/warranty work. Think about that a bit.
The nearest Tesla Supercharger is about 60 miles. The new Tesla owner charges it via a 240 volt 50 amp at home. Just like you find at most campgrounds. In fact, I came across a YouTube video of a guy making a cross country road trip in a Tesla, and the official Tesla recommendation for such trips where a Tesla supercharger isn’t to be found is to get a space at a campground but spend the night at a nearby hotel if you haven’t a tent and fancy camping.
