Comment on The "standard" car charger is usually overkill—but your electrician might not know that [32:26]

• 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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