Comment on The "standard" car charger is usually overkill—but your electrician might not know that [32:26]
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 week agoAgreed, and that headline is needlessly inflammatory . Looking at my mileage , I could almost certainly get away with just plugging into a standard outlet. However the level 2 charger means that even if I screw it up, I can be mostly charged in a couple of hours. It’s been really effective at helping me get over what range anxiety I had. It’s really helped keep car usage as a somewhat impulse thing, rather than a process: I’m ready to go anywhere anytime
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If you screw up, you can usually get to a charger a few blocks away and snag 50% of your battery in 20 minutes.
I charge entirely off of a standard 120 outlet, and it easily handles my daily and weekly travel needs, along with my partner’s numerous errands and extra trips throughout the week.
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
you are assuming functional infrastructure, not everywhere has that.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Gonna go out on a limb here, and guess that people living in a cabin where the electricity only works a few hours a week aren’t going to by an electric car.
As for access to public chargers… I just spent the weekend in a rural area and had no problem finding a charger within 20 miles of me.