Only one EV charger at home?!

[Carlos E.R.]

If I power both plates, yes, otherwise, no.

That I have only 10A was not my choice, I inherited it.

[Carlos E.R.]

It probably is all a joint offer by the car dealer.

And no, it is not "simple" at all in a flat.

For starters, you need find an existing duct for the cable, and get permission to use it — comunal property, so maybe 40 other neighbours want to use that same duct.

[Carlos E.R.]

Our suppliers are cleverer. They get more money from us without having to generate all that electricity. More profitable. :-p

[Carlos E.R.]

Same here, it is some kilometres out.

[Carlos E.R.]

Here, you can not do that. The nozzle switches off if you take your hand off.

[Carlos E.R.]

Yeah. Don't buy an American gasoline car, they explode every time they crash.

Seen on the movies :-PPPP

[Commander Kinsey]

Huge house and still only the equivalent of a single UK socket of power.

[Commander Kinsey]

Why do you live in a shanty town?

But you said you let go of the gas pump while it's filling. Two problems - people forget it's still in after they've paid. Not holding it means static - I've seen a video of a woman who rubbed her hands on her shirt on a dry day, then touched the pump handle, it sparked, and a gush of flames ensued.

So the filling isn't 4 minutes? I think it's a litre a second in the UK. Hardly slow enough to want to wander off. By the time I'd walked to the other end of the car and back it would be full.

It's not a hobby, it's a servant, like a satnav.

[Commander Kinsey]

Why doesn't it always just charge fully? Special things like using a cheap rate or charging slowly to save the battery should be an option. If no input, fill her up at warp 9.8.

[rbowman]

By law in the US the maximum rate is 10 US gallons per minute (37.9 liters). As I stood in a snow squall this afternoon, 8.2 gallons took forever.

[Paul]

If you're skiing in the mountains and driving back to Denver Colorado to catch a plane, that's when you set your charger to 50% at the chalet. Your "tank" will be full when you get to the airport, because "it is downhill all the way". If you use conventional friction brakes, the brakes can be hot.

With a BEV, you need to leave room in the "tank" for the downhill trip, and your constant applications of the regenerative brakes.

You adjust the charge level, for best battery (cycle) life, and also so that the regenerative braking will work (because it is "free" energy, when you use electrical-based braking).

Once the battery is 100% full, the car switches to using friction brakes.

Paul

[rbowman]

The liberal side of Oregon... I forget the exact number but if a county has fewer than X people, you can pump your own. Those counties, of course, happen to be in eastern Oregon. Unless they can sneak into Idaho some dark night and leave the libs to their own hell.

I'm heartbroken... I started my personal boycott of REI when they dropped the CamelBak line because CamelBak's parent corporation also happens to own some firearms related businesses. That was even before they jumped on the BLM bandwagon, iirc. You get what you ask for.

I can buy a CamelBak pack at Sportsmens Warehouse down the street -- along with guns and ammunition if I so desire.

[Commander Kinsey]

For a whole minute, so what? Do you get annoyed having to hold your mower while you mow the lawn?

[Commander Kinsey]

I complained at one, she told me to hold the nozzle sideways, it kinda works. Only one pump there does it, must be set too sensitive. Shje said they'd had the engineer out, but his test equipment couldn't detect a fault.

[Commander Kinsey]

What a fool.

"A Business Insider reporter learned how “brutal” a road trip in an electric vehicle (EV) can be when he was forced to bundle up instead of using the heater in his car to try to maximize his range."

Firstly being chilly isn't brutal. I guess he never goes out for a walk, a cycle, uses a motorcycle.

Secondly, the heater in a car is what? A kW? So enough to use the battery in 75 hours! Nothing compared to the motors.

[Commander Kinsey]

American is so far behind. Why employ someone to do something as simple as pump gas?

[Commander Kinsey]

You're forgetting people are forgetful. If you leave it running and go do something else, you're very likely to forget to put the nozzle away and drive off with it attached, this causes a massive leak of gas and a massive fire.

[Commander Kinsey]

Never found a bit of vapour to be a problem. And vapor isn't a thing.

[Commander Kinsey]

Never found a bit of vapour to be a problem. And vapor isn't a thing.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I discovered that the 5% cheaper diesel returned 6% less mpg. I now fill up where its convenient, the pumps don't shut off if I fill at more than a trickle, and I go past it three times a week