We lost power for 6 hours last night in the middle of the night, after everyone had gone to bed.
I checked my ICE automobile.
It still had a full charge of gasoline.
My neighbor's Tesla?
Not so much...
“One of the more clueless comments I’ve seen for a while...”
Most chargers are at home. You can buy level 2 fast chargers now at Lowes or Home Depot for $699 that plug right into your stove or dryer wiring.
whoops now down to $199.00 Level 2 fast charger for home
We lost power for 6 hours last night in the middle of the night, after everyone had gone to bed.
I checked my ICE automobile.
It still had a full charge of gasoline.
My neighbor's Tesla?
Not so much...
People will eventually starting blowing up the distribution transformers that way. Adding a ton of load without contacting the utility companies.
The distribution system will overload if things keeping going in a non linear fashion. A cascading failure would be real fun...
Ignore kiryandil and Code Toad. They are trolling me. Goes back years when I labeled Cossacks and Banditos as motorcycle gangs.
Not everyone owns a home. I never have, and like an electric car, I don’t want one.
This is a pretty misleading statement. Most homes have at most 30 amps for the dryer and households need that circuit for the dryer. Also, having only 30 amps (24 actually) is going to be a huge pain to keep a household's cars all charged. That charger you linked to will take the average driver 5 hours a day of charging to keep up with energy demands. If you want to charge a dead EV, it would take more like 20 hours. How often are you willing to get up in the middle of the night to switch chargers to keep two or more EV's charged?
In reality, to be really practical, you need a dedicated 50 or 60 amp circuit for each EV, but a big percentage of houses don't have the spare electrical capacity to support that additional load. It would probably take somewhere in the range of 2 to 10 thousand bucks to hire an electrician to upgrade and install those circuits, depending on the situation.
All home owners know or should know this.
Here's some info for you:
"Charging at 17.2 kW of power on a 240 volt circuit may require a home electrical panel upgrade to 400-amp service. Read more about amperage requirements for Level 2 EV charger installation."
from Tesla:
"The recommended home charging installation for Tesla vehicles is a 240 volt NEMA 14- 50 outlet. This outlet is commonly used for electric ranges and large recreational vehicles. Installed with a 50-amp circuit breaker, this outlet enables a recharge rate of about 25 miles per hour...."
Lots of older home still have 100 Amp service panels. Newer homes often have 200 Amp service. Doubtful that many have remaining capacity for additional 50 Amp circuits.
Consult your local power company for cost of additional service line. As well as a licensed electrician to install an added service center dedicated to EV charging. Don't forget inspection cost and scheduling....not quite the plug and play that you tout.