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Did you read the article? Because I was surprised to see the major deficiencies they are worried about are at night. When are you advocating people charge the
by EricE 4y ago
Did you read the article? Because I was surprised to see the major deficiencies they are worried about are at night.
When are you advocating people charge their cars again?
- plorkyeran 4y ago4-9 PM extends to about an hour after sunset this time of year. I suppose it technically involves a bit of night, but that does not overlap at all with the normal electric car charging window (midnight to 6 AM).
- vel0city 4y agoMy car starts charging at 10:00 PM on weekdays. I don't have a time of use plan, but I like giving the garage a chance to cool down a bit and I might as well have it charge later when I'm not putting as much load trying to cool off the house for the evening. Last night I plugged it in around 8:30 PM. It started charging at 10:00 PM. It spent ~2.5 hours charging, finishing up its charge around 12:30 PM. It pulled ~6kWh of energy over those two hours, so it was charging at about 25A of power. Then about 15 minutes before I leave in the mornings, it preconditions the car and battery to the temperature I want using the home's energy. Its nice always getting in a comfortable car every morning regardless of how hot or cold it is. I could have shifted this even a few hours later and it still would have easily met my needs. I could of had my car start charging at 4:00 AM and it would have hit my target charge by 6:30.
- vel0city 4y agoActually, my math was wrong on that. 6,000Wh / 2.5h = 2,400W / 240V = 10A.