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This is interesting although ostensibly charge speed matters only when driving past the full charge range as presumably most consumers charge overnight.
by djoldman 3y ago
This is interesting although ostensibly charge speed matters only when driving past the full charge range as presumably most consumers charge overnight.
- ghaff 3y agoPresumably most consumers charge overnight on a day to day basis (because otherwise buying an EV probably doesn't make a lot of sense). But charging matters a lot on longer trips.
- neals 3y agoMany people simply cannot charge over night. Many reasons for this. For example :living in an apartment building with no private parking and no charging.
- Ographer 3y agoTrue, max charging speed is mostly theoretical and probably not experienced by most owners regularly. Until all of the car companies switched to the same plug, you need to look at the distribution and availability of fast chargers compatible with each car. Even though some of these cars have charge speeds much higher than Tesla, it seems to be pretty difficult to actually find a compatible fast charger that is also working. In all the reviews I've watched of new non-tesla road trips, everyone has awful charging experiences where they are stuck waiting at slow chargers.