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The "standard" car charger is usually overkill—but your electrician might not know that [32:26] (www.youtube.com)

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Factually, it's not either. Both are statements of opinion

It is not. Hence "factually". We know for a fact how far people "usually" drive.

But if you're like me, you might take a day trip over 100 miles away a handful of times per year. When that happens, I'd arrive home with very little battery left; am I supposed to have the ability to charge for 50 hours?

I just explained this in the comment you replied to.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

I just explained this in the comment you replied to.

You explained how it's doable when you drive 60 miles, which I admit will be most people most days (12 hours of charging at 5 miles per hour charged.) Average EV has 293 miles of range currently; even if you arrived home with 20% battery remaining and you only wanted to recharge to 80%, that's (at 5 miles per hour charged) over 25 hours. Empty to full is over 58 hours!

At least once every few months we take a day trip to the nearest "big" city, which is 105 miles away. Typically a Sunday. Leave on a full battery, arrive home nearly empty. 8 hours of charging, and I maybe have enough for the next day. I will run a deficit until the weekend.

Again, I'm certainly not saying that a L2 charger is a must for all people, or even most people. But I would not agree that L1 is enough for most people.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

You explained how it's doable when you drive 60 miles

Read it again. I said 60 miles the day after driving it to 0%. People don't "usually" need this.

Average EV has 293 miles of range currently; even if you arrived home with 20% battery remaining and you only wanted to recharge to 80%,

Thats 176 miles of range. People don't "usually" need that.

At least once every few months we take a day trip to the nearest "big" city, which is 105 miles away.

You said all of this already and I already replied to it.

I'm certainly not saying that a L2 charger is a must for...most people. But I would not agree that L1 is enough for most people.

🤔 Wat. Do you think there's like a L1.5 or something?

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wat. Do you think there's like a L1.5 or something?

There's the option of a level 1 charger at home, supplemented with an occasional stop at a fast charger.

The L1 charger is not quite enough to keep up with their usage, but their usage isn't enough to make an L2 absolutely necessary.

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