We only have one because we need two cars, my wife is disabled and so gets a much cheaper lease, and the other car is petrol and so can do just the odd local journey, infrequent long journeys and towing. Leaving the electric car for almost all journeys.
The supply cable may be fine. Mine was a 60A fused supply, but as soon as I upgraded from a fusebox to a modern consumer unit, the supplier uprated the main fuse to 100A - there was no need for a supply cable upgrade.
Less than the car. The typical flat here can not charge an EV without a new contract and installation, anyway. For one reason, 4 KW is not enough, and for another the garage is underground, the flat is not. You are not going to run a thick cable from level 5 to level -2...
No, as I don't have an EV myself I do not know the exact details.
I pass at least one filling station on virtually every journey, so it isn't going out of may way.
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The whole idea of a house running on what the rest of the world uses as an extension cord is absurd. Are you sure you don't live in Ethiopia?
I saw a decent 2nd hand electric car for only 5 grand the other day. Perhaps the higher electric prices are putting people off?
And take a book to read.
which are the ones I was referring to. By the time smart meters were installed, the concept of limiting isn't a thing.
But only one of them. And not a quiet sleep.
An induction hob using all the house's power at once.
No need for that modern shit, just have two fuseboxes.
After buying an electric car you won't have much left to pay for an electrician. I can't beleive people actually pay someone to do something as simple as fitting a charger.
Why not? And it won't be thick for 7kW.
Actually you can get 3kW chargers. Just don't run the dishwasher at the same time.
On my Audi, the automation opens the little trap door over the gas filler when I push a button.
Maybe there's a phone ap that does that?
I park on the street.
Two gas stations are close to home and I can wash the windows while the tank fills up; all that takes about 4 minutes. I never have to wait for a pump to be available.
On a long trip, I don't even think about planning ranges or charge stops overlapping meals or whatever, or whether I can drive at some speed or run the heater. All that seems to amuse some people.
People here park on the street and just run a cable over the pavement.
If you're talking about a petrol pump and not an electric charger, WTF are you doing leaving it filling unattended? That's how this shit happens:
A decent electric car goes over 200 miles, and tells you where a charging station is. And you can always add another battery pack.
Try it when the car is locked.
The cheap gas station here is not on my way.
Yes, I do have a Y chromosone.
And a 3.2 liter V6!
I'm lucky that I can usually park in front of my house, but that's not guaranteed.
On street cleaning days, I park on another street. Envision a 500 foot charging cable.
Somehow I've never done that. Electric car owners are the ones who leave their cars unattended while they charge, because it takes so long.
I like to wash and squeegee and wipe down my windows while the tank is filling. That's what takes about 4 minutes about every two weeks, unless I drive up into the mountains. It takes about 3/4 of a tank to get to Truckee but only 1/2 to get back.
No thanks. I have enough hobbies.
Modern charges are meant to have a randomised start and end time facility (of, I believe 10 minutes) so the likelihood of them all switching at the same time along a street is minimised. It is well known that humans, when programming timers, say, for central heating, the majority will set a time on the exact hour, quarter or half hour.
Balancing the network loads when a large number of people are charging is possibly the reason that is is recommended that charging is limited to 7.4kW in a domestic property with a single phase supply.
The seals on my fuse is blank and this was from the meter change.
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