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Sadly, I don't own a wall box. So I'm dependent on public infrastructure. If I could charge at home I'd be even happier with my car.
by M0r13n 7mo ago
Sadly, I don't own a wall box. So I'm dependent on public infrastructure. If I could charge at home I'd be even happier with my car.
- foobarian 7mo agoSadly I think it's kind of accepted by this point that overnight charging is a prerequisite to a good experience with an EV.
- overfeed 7mo agoIt's not a prerequisite: I see lots of people plugging their cars at public chargers in my residential area; I assume they charge once a week while doing groceries or dining out.
- beAbU 7mo agoPublic charging can easily be 2x or 3x as expensive.
- masklinn 7mo agoAnd being in your car doing nothing waiting for the charge for 25mn is frustrating. Even more so when it’s the height of summer (and that was in a car where the AC didn’t block charging). If you can time it with some errands it’s less of a hassle, but that was one of the main non-car annoyances with my EV rental (the other was the flakiness / unreliability of getting a charging session to start).
- beAbU 7mo agoI only use public fast charging when on a long road trip. So the 30 min charge always coïncides with me emptying my bladder, so it's never been a hassle.
- masklinn 7mo agoAs I wrote, this was a rental, there was no charger where I was and no mains adapter provided with the car, so my options were fast charger or pushing the thing. And even during long legs I don’t need to piss for 30mn every two hours.
- beAbU 7mo agoI charge my car with the granny charger dangling out the window next to where I park. Been doing so for 2 years now. I have some high density foam packed in the window crack to keep the cold out. Im in Ireland.