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For myself, someone who actually wants an electric car, a big part of the hesitation is that I'll have to basically give up my garage to our cars. As is, it's

by donatj 3y ago

For myself, someone who actually wants an electric car, a big part of the hesitation is that I'll have to basically give up my garage to our cars. As is, it's basically a detached workspace - so my family having to park two cars in there makes an electric car a massive loss of usable square footage. It would also likely mean having to rewire my garage which had an actual Fusebox from the 70s - a cost I'd love to avoid.

pornel 3y ago
There are outdoor chargers, if you have a driveway. Also note that in city/commute use BEV needs to be charged about once a week, not every night.
- donatj 3y ago
  I’ve thought about that. There is a fence immediately right of my driveway and an alley immediately left. I have very little space to install any sort of pole, and as I live in Minnesota, what little space I do have is needed badly for snow storage. It’s already a problem, last winter the snow was stacked above 6 feet either side. The left side of my garage potentially has room for a charger to be mounted to the face of the garage, the right side does not. How long are the cables generally? If I could charge both cars from the left of the garage with like extra long charging cords it could maybe be workable if not a tripping hazard. I also wonder how flexible the cables are in -20°F to -30°F weather? Do they get stiff/brittle?
  - vel0city 3y ago
    The cable lengths can vary. The EVSE I recently installed has 24ft of cable. I can't speak to what the cable is like in that cold though, around here my garage rarely gets below freezing. https://grizzl-e.com/products-specs/grizzl-e-classic/ https://grizzl-e.com/products-specs/grizzl-e-classic/
  - Symbiote 3y ago
    A high quality normal extension cord is fine in Europe, even if it's 20m or more. I don't know about 120V use, but I assume you'd use 240V for a new socket anyway.

by donatj 3y ago

pornel 3y ago

There are outdoor chargers, if you have a driveway. Also note that in city/commute use BEV needs to be charged about once a week, not every night.

donatj 3y ago
I’ve thought about that. There is a fence immediately right of my driveway and an alley immediately left. I have very little space to install any sort of pole, and as I live in Minnesota, what little space I do have is needed badly for snow storage. It’s already a problem, last winter the snow was stacked above 6 feet either side. The left side of my garage potentially has room for a charger to be mounted to the face of the garage, the right side does not. How long are the cables generally? If I could charge both cars from the left of the garage with like extra long charging cords it could maybe be workable if not a tripping hazard. I also wonder how flexible the cables are in -20°F to -30°F weather? Do they get stiff/brittle?
- vel0city 3y ago
  The cable lengths can vary. The EVSE I recently installed has 24ft of cable. I can't speak to what the cable is like in that cold though, around here my garage rarely gets below freezing. https://grizzl-e.com/products-specs/grizzl-e-classic/ https://grizzl-e.com/products-specs/grizzl-e-classic/
- Symbiote 3y ago
  A high quality normal extension cord is fine in Europe, even if it's 20m or more. I don't know about 120V use, but I assume you'd use 240V for a new socket anyway.