I want one!

pianotuna wrote:
The grid is decrepit. In 1957 an 1100 square foot apartment only required a 40 amp service. A building with 43 suites has a main fuse of only 1000 amps. How do I know? I just paid for upgrading to 70 amps which including drawing #3 wire in a 1 inch conduit for 100 feet (with two bends).

I would be hard pressed to charge an electric car from the 15 amp service to my parking spot--but I hope to be able to afford to do so some day.

Good morning Piano Tuna. You won't have any problem charging an electric vehicle with a 15 amp 120 volt. It just goes sloooow. So in other words when you get home you plug it in. Depending on the size of the battery you may have a full charge in the morning or not. If you just do normal commuting you won't have any problem with just your 120 volt plug. If you need a charge faster for an unexpected trip you can either pop into a fast charger. If there is none available there will be a level 2 charge point available somewhere at a mall or restaurant or city hall or library etc that although will not be a DC fast charge experience it will be at least 6 times faster than your home plug. All EV's come with a 120 EVSE for that reason. SO you can charge at home.

Here is a picture of two EVSE's. The one on the left is 120 volts and selectable for 8 or 12 amps. We used it for the first year we had an EV. We bought the 240 volt 10 KW unit on the right when we got our second EV. Its also user selectable via software.