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> Unless chargers become close to as common as gas stations [...] If an EV supports 120V outlets, then chargers are already more common than gas stations by ma
by beambot 10y ago
> Unless chargers become close to as common as gas stations [...]
If an EV supports 120V outlets, then chargers are already more common than gas stations by many orders of magnitude. Fast charging is a different story... But for long road trips, taking a break for a couple hours every 400 miles doesn't sound like a bad idea, and we already have ample rest stops along most highways.
- Yaggo 10y agoCharging a 60 kWh battery in two hours requires average power of 30 kilowatts, i.e. about ten times more power than available from a regular household outlet. So you really need proper fast charging infrastructure.
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- beambot 10y agoRelative to the feed going into my house (not just a standard outlet), that doesn't seem too bad. People like to make it sound like electrical distribution is some giant hurdle... I don't see the problem.
- paulhart 10y agoWhat happens when thousands of people all get home from work at around the same time, and then plug in their cars? There's your problem, because most populations aren't going to be wanting brownouts.
- beambot 10y agoThe solution to overnight charging is potentially even more trivial: Smart grid-aware chargers (if Nest can do it, so can your car); surge pricing; eliminating individual car ownership in the coming autonomy craze. People like to make it sound like cultural problems are insurmountable. Sometimes, that may be true. Other times... we just have to suck it up and realize: The future is already here, and it requires change. Personally... I'm excited to get away from a gasoline automotive economy -- at least electricity is agnostic as to the source of EMF. (In fact, a whole bunch of car batteries hooked to the grid sounds a lot like distributed energy storage required to smooth demand curves...)