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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.

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blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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.

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- Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  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%. Again “most people” don’t 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?
  
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  - blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Let’s agree to simply not tell people what they do and do not need.
    
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    Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’m not telling anyone what they need. I’m telling you what people usually need. Which is the topic of the conversation you started.
    
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  - Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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