mich800 wrote:
ShinerBock wrote:
Reisender wrote:
Hmmm. Maybe I’m missing understanding your post. The “charger”( or EVSE as it is correctly called as the charger is built into the car ) comes free with the car. It can operate from 120 volts 15 amp circuit up to a 40 amp 240 volt circuit. 16 amp (20 amp 240 breaker) seems to be the most common right now although many are just installing a 14-50 240 volt plug close to the parking spot.
You make it sound so easy for someone living on a budget to just install a plug close to where they are parking for the night, where their spouse is parking for the night, and where ever their kids are parking for the night. Maybe they can get up in the middle of the night and swap cars. I hope that don't have more than one kid like the average American family does either because that would be really hard. I also hope their public utilities company can handle them and hundreds of thousands of other families like them charging at the same time.
While this may all seem easy for people who are well of, it is not for families living under that $61k a year income with multiple kids. A smart idea for the kids is to have chargers at school parking lots if that school has the funds to pay for it. Most schools do not.
There are many logistics items that need to be addressed before ICE vehicles go away. Apartments, street parking, parking garages, etc. Not everyone has a garage or the ability to park near their home. The industry will change to a different energy type. But it will be much longer than some care to admit.
And how long to get a full charge on 110v? I have heard between 3-5 miles per hour. So that is not a viable option other to get to bike riding distance.
A full charge? No idea. For the first couple years of owning an EV we used a 120 outlet on a 15 amp circuit on our outside spot. Namely our Christmas light soffitt plug. Our daily commute was under 30 km. Worked fine. Plugged it in every second night or so. Again. Many people’s commute can be serviced by a 120 plug. We have a 240 EVSE in the garage that gets used occasionally.
