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> Another point is the still-missing charging infrastructure I've had two electric cars. I've only charged publicly a few times. Many parking garages have inst
by heygrady 11y ago
> Another point is the still-missing charging infrastructure
I've had two electric cars. I've only charged publicly a few times. Many parking garages have installed chargers. I charge at home in my garage. I wake up every morning with a full charge. Many people who've only owned gas-powered cars don't consider this advantage.
A Nissan Leaf or a BMW i3 can only go 80 to 100 miles on the battery. But that covers the average commute of nearly every American commuter. With a charging place at work, you'd be able to swing a 70 to 100 mile daily commute and never need a public fast-charging infrastructure. If you commute more than 100 miles each direction, an EV may not be for you.
http://www.statisticbrain.com/commute-statistics/ http://www.statisticbrain.com/commute-statistics/
Installing workplace chargers:
http://energy.gov/eere/vehicles/workplace-charging-challenge-install-and-manage-pev-charging-work http://energy.gov/eere/vehicles/workplace-charging-challenge...
For long distance driving and fast charging, that's currently a mess. Only Tesla has a respectable offering on that front. It's worth considering that most people don't drive long distances very often.
Tesla has made a huge investment. One might speculate that their proprietary infrastructure will eventually become the standard charging network everyone is waiting for.
Tesla chargers:
http://supercharge.info/ http://supercharge.info/
Chademo chargers:
http://www.chademo.com/wp/usmap/ http://www.chademo.com/wp/usmap/
- plonh 11y agoIIRC, Tesla predates the standard, provides adapters, and will migrate over to the standard.
- heygrady 11y agoThere are currently two standards. Chademo has much wider adoption. SAE Combo is backed by US and European car makers. CHAdeMO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHAdeMO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHAdeMO SAE Combo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772#Combined_charging_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772#Combined_charging_sy...
- heygrady 11y agoTesla Chademo Adapter: http://shop.teslamotors.com/collections/model-s-charging-adapters/products/chademo-adapter http://shop.teslamotors.com/collections/model-s-charging-ada... Tesla SAE Adapter: http://shop.teslamotors.com/collections/model-s-charging-adapters/products/sae-j1772 http://shop.teslamotors.com/collections/model-s-charging-ada...