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Why would you need to do it every day? EV ranges are rising above 200 miles, that's an order of magnitude higher than most peoples commutes, so for most people
by benj111 7y ago
Why would you need to do it every day? EV ranges are rising above 200 miles, that's an order of magnitude higher than most peoples commutes, so for most people once a week would be enough.
Shops would do it because money and footfall.
- nybble41 7y ago> Why would you need to do it every day? Because people are talking about how it only takes a short time to recharge enough to offset one day's commute. That only works, though, if you charge every day. If you only charge weekly then you're stuck waiting to recover 200 miles' worth of charge at a time in preparation for the next week. If you're using a fast-charger near somewhere you need to be anyway for an hour or two every week, great. Otherwise that adds up to a lot of wasted time—and human time is the least renewable resource we have.
- benj111 7y agoSketchybeasts concern was people "who haven't got time to charge their machines for an hour or two". Which suggests a once a week thing, which is why I suggested putting them in the supermarket, Sketchybeast then suggested they'd need to be charged everyday, and had previously, which is why I pointed out that they can easily be charged once a week. So yes, I agree.