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slow charging overnight at a hotel or 1 of your meal location; which would be part of your trip planning any way; because biology is going to make you stop more

• driverdan 8y ago
  You're assuming the place they stop has an outlet available and they give them permission to use it. Besides, a regular outlet will charge it very slowly. A 30 min food stop charging on 220V/12A is only 2.6kWh. Since the author said it had a 215 mi range I'll assume it had the smallest 75kWh pack. That's only a 3.4% charge (7.3 miles)! In the US it would be about half that since we have 120V outlets.
  • glogla 8y ago
    Most of Europe use 230V and typical socket is 16A, so it's a bit more.
    • driverdan 8y ago
      Thanks for the correction. So it's 230V * 12.8A = 2.9kWh. 12.8A because you should always leave 20% headroom on continuous draws.
• izacus 8y ago
  So I need to prolong my usually 10 hour trip (with stops) to an overnight one? :/
  • natch 8y ago
    No. But you might choose your stops to be at supercharging stations, where you can also eat, use the restroom, etc. and your trip might be an hour or two longer overall if your original stops were very short.