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One option is to have charging speed limits based on state-of-charge. Maybe charging after your daily driving only charges at 3 kW, but charging after a road t
by Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
One option is to have charging speed limits based on state-of-charge.
Maybe charging after your daily driving only charges at 3 kW, but charging after a road trip does the full 11.5 kW.
But yeah, I've certainly come home from a road trip with 10% battery, plugged into my 11 kW home charger, and had it say it would take 5 hours to recharge to my 70% limit. If I was only charging at 2 kW, an overnight charge wouldn't get me very far the next day.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoBut how often do you need to go far the next day? If you come home with 10% charge (30 miles), and then plug in for 10 hours and add another 40 miles, is that not enough for work and errands the next day? I don't know about you, but I mostly do long trips on the weekend. As long as I have enough to get to work Monday morning and am full by the weekend, that's almost always good enough for me.
- ryathal 4y agoThe average commute distance is 41 miles, 10 hours of slow charge is a net loss.