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Based on my 10 years of driving electric in the US, charging at home mostly, I want to note the following. Because many vehicles do _not_ drive far on most day
by jjtheblunt 2y ago
Based on my 10 years of driving electric in the US, charging at home mostly, I want to note the following.
Because many vehicles do _not_ drive far on most days, even charging on ubiquitous 120v wall sockets replenishes electricity spent on those normal days easily.
Since 240v is common in the US, with no special requirements on pre-existing grid (everyone has stoves and dryers at 240v, for example) it's still easy to recharge after longer than normal driving days, overnight.
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- bearjaws 2y agoFWIW I have owned a Tesla since 2017 and I charge at home from a standard wall outlet. Where I live most commutes are 25 miles a day, or almost an entire overnight to charge. That is 7 hours of charging, per day if you drive a Model Y. Regardless of your charging schedule, the power has to come from a local transformer and will be ADDITIONAL to the current load on the grid, you can wait 5 days but that just means more load for longer. Transformers are typically 450kwh to 900kwh, and the power company matches capacity to demand. This means adding another ~100kwh to your neighborhood in overnight charging not only adds to the power plant, but also all the infrastructure along the way, and most notably your transformer(s). That is why I am curious about a deep dive, if we really want to go all electric, what all has to be upgraded? What is a reasonable schedule for a local utility and how much are we going to pay. And then you add in the road trips and superchargers...