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I thought every house in the US at least has 220v.
by throwaway742 4y ago
I thought every house in the US at least has 220v.
- Smoosh 4y agoonly those without strawmen living in them.
- booi 4y agoYes every house in the US does has 220V or 240V. Either way a good majority of people can probably even get away with 120V. Not ideal but good enough for most commutes. But honestly there’s a lot of people that exclusively charge at superchargers.
- bittercynic 4y agoI know one person living in 1/2 a duplex, and they don't. They have one phase, and the other 1/2 of the duplex has the other. GP's point stands, though. EVs aren't the right solution for every single situation, and may never be, but that doesn't mean they can't be an important part of the mix.
- lostapathy 4y agoTechnically it's 240v in the US. I'm sure there's an exceedingly small population of people who don't have 240v, but those people also don't have electric ovens, dryers, or stoves/cooktops.
- twblalock 4y agoMy last house didn't. Every major appliance used natural gas. Most prewar homes don't have 220v either unless it was added later (commonly as part of an air conditioner installation, but even then, often the AC unit has the only 220v circuit). It's not hard to add 220v to an existing home, but it is less common than you think. Before electric cars existed, the main reason a homeowner would add 220 was for air conditioning, large stationary power tools, or if they were one of those weirdos that preferred electric stoves to gas (before induction existed).
- tempestn 4y agoOr an electric dryer?