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Quick charging is a just in case solution and probably shouldn’t be relied on. It’s more efficient and likely much easier on the battery to slow charge it overn

Quick charging is a just in case solution and probably shouldn’t be relied on. It’s more efficient and likely much easier on the battery to slow charge it overnight.

riffraff 6y ago
The problem with that is that in many places (i.e. most European cities) you don't have a dedicated parking spot, so to park overnight you would need to put charging spots on every street every five meters. The task is possible, but gargantuan.
- dagurp 6y ago
  For those people it's a matter of buying a number of chargers that they can choose between. They can limit access to those chargers to the people living in the building or allow anyone to use them and make some money by selling the electricity. You can even have access control depending on the time of day. Another benefit is that you get load balancing when many people are charging at the same time. Private chargers are only a good idea if you there's only a few living spaces.
- tyfon 6y ago
  They're doing that in Oslo now, many street parking slots are getting 22 kW poles next to them. It's just a matter of political will.
  - aden1ne 6y ago
    Those exist in the Netherlands too, but the problem is that those spots are now _exclusive_ to EVs. An ICE car is not allowed to park there. I live in an area where >95% of parking spots are occupied on a given night. The current approach is, at least for the time being, only making it worse.
    - tyfon 6y ago
      They are aiming to ban fossils completely in the city centre in Oslo anyway now. I think about 60% of the cars in the city are EVs already.
    - iso1631 6y ago
      So if you have an EV you are pretty much guarenteed a parking space? How is that making it worse?
- treeman79 6y ago
  Also some people just don’t like to share. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/charged-with-theft-man-arrested-for-plugging-car-into-schools-outlet/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/charg...
kjjw 6y ago
I only quick charge my car. And have no problems. What does it matter if battery longevity is slightly affected?

Quick charging is a just in case solution and probably shouldn’t be relied on. It’s more efficient and likely much easier on the battery to slow charge it overnight.

riffraff 6y ago

The problem with that is that in many places (i.e. most European cities) you don't have a dedicated parking spot, so to park overnight you would need to put charging spots on every street every five meters. The task is possible, but gargantuan.

dagurp 6y ago
For those people it's a matter of buying a number of chargers that they can choose between. They can limit access to those chargers to the people living in the building or allow anyone to use them and make some money by selling the electricity. You can even have access control depending on the time of day. Another benefit is that you get load balancing when many people are charging at the same time. Private chargers are only a good idea if you there's only a few living spaces.
tyfon 6y ago
They're doing that in Oslo now, many street parking slots are getting 22 kW poles next to them. It's just a matter of political will.
- aden1ne 6y ago
  Those exist in the Netherlands too, but the problem is that those spots are now _exclusive_ to EVs. An ICE car is not allowed to park there. I live in an area where >95% of parking spots are occupied on a given night. The current approach is, at least for the time being, only making it worse.
  - tyfon 6y ago
    They are aiming to ban fossils completely in the city centre in Oslo anyway now. I think about 60% of the cars in the city are EVs already.
  - iso1631 6y ago
    So if you have an EV you are pretty much guarenteed a parking space? How is that making it worse?
treeman79 6y ago
Also some people just don’t like to share. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/charged-with-theft-man-arrested-for-plugging-car-into-schools-outlet/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/charg...

kjjw 6y ago

I only quick charge my car. And have no problems. What does it matter if battery longevity is slightly affected?