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I have no doubts the transmission grid is up to the task, but ironically you'll run into the "last mile" problem on the distribution side. A lot of homes from
by exabrial 6y ago
I have no doubts the transmission grid is up to the task, but ironically you'll run into the "last mile" problem on the distribution side.
A lot of homes from the 60s-70s in my area only have 100a-125a 2-Phase service. That's quite inadequate do get a meaningful charge quickly.
It stinks that 3-phase is really only available to commercial areas.
- kgermino 6y agoIsn’t most residential charging done at 30amps? That’s enough to charge a car to full in a few hours and should be available in almost any house with 100 amp service a that doesn’t use electric heat.
- beervirus 6y agoThe Tesla wall charger can draw 48 amps if you let it. 30 amps isn’t bad, and it’ll charge a car to full.. not in a few hours, but overnight.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoIt's not 2-phase. It's split phase. But you can think of it as being 2-phase to make the math convenient.
- exabrial 6y agoIt's technically singe phase with a center tap if you want to be ultra pedantic :)