“Neither Easy Nor Fast”: Electric Vehicle Owners Admit To “Logistical Nightmare” Over Charging

Nation and State ^ | 02/26/2023 | Tyler Durden

[Elsie]

Overhead trolly wires.

Sure works for trains in Europe.

[Elsie]

The average gambler is ALWAYS in the red.

The house takes their cut no matter what.

[Elsie]

Tesla/Kia adapter cords

$97.88 on Amazon.

[Elsie]

Basic being a flat tire.

[J.Deere Man]

Triple AAA did a study on EV’s and cold weather several months ago. It was published on the internet.. Their website may have the research results. The results indicated (as I recall) that cold weather reduced the mileage by half on EV’s in cold weather.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“thieves stealing the cords.”

Funny they don’t steal hoses from gas pumps.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It depends on how fast you want to charge. Level 1 is 120 volt. Level 2 is 240 volt, 4-6 times faster than Level 1 and might be enough for overnight charging. Level 2 chargers cost $600 and another $1,000 to $3,000 in labor to install, so in the ballpark you quoted.

A level 3 DCFC station will run you from $12,000-$35,000 for the charger and associated hardware. That cost makes them impractical for most homeowners to install, and a level 2 station is often more than enough. DCFC home stations usually require substantial remodeling to install the electrical infrastructure necessary to funnel enough power through to your EV for an 80% charge in half an hour—around 480 volts of output.

The big problem is the local legacy distribution system step-down transformer cannot handle more than 3 or 4 EV chargers before the neighborhood dims.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Plus, sometimes the EV’s catch fire.

[Svartalfiar]

Tesla/Kia adapter cords
$97.88 on Amazon.

Toyota/Ford/Chevy/Honda/etc fuel adapter:

No such product on Amazon.

Damn.

[from occupied ga]

What moron buys one of these things and then plans a trip longer than 1/3 of the battery capacity. Use the boat rule. 1/3 out. 1/3 back. And 1/3 in reserve

[lightman]

We're going through the planning process of how easily Maddie can get from Albany to Gettysburg [College] and where she can charge the car,

And once there, Gettysburg doesn't exactly have an abundance of chargers.

[citizen]

Try to find a charger for your dead car on MLK Blvd.

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On an MLK? A dead car might be the least of your worries.

[vpintheak]

Forcing shit technology on consumers is a very commie thing to do. The free market SHOULD be allowed to work.

[BlackbirdSST]

But now it appears to be on number 8 or 9 right now!

First thing I thought was, some cats must have 10 lives.

[rlmorel]

Of course, the downside of that, is that you need to sit there just off of MLK Blvd for an hour while the thing charges. I don’t think that is a good recipe for anything.

[rlmorel]

I wonder if AAA did a survey to find out how hotels and motels feel about having to provide a charging apparatus for every room.

Of course, there will be “free” tax monies to “upgrade” their hotel/motel infrastructure.

But not to worry. They don’t want people to travel long distances anyway, except on public transportation.

And even then, only if your QR code is authorized to travel.

[Elsie]

;^)

[Elsie]

I foresee a LOT of towing companies emerging with vast charging equipment in a safe location

[UNGN]

Tesla/Kia adapter cords

When 100% of cars manufactured in the US are electric (by definition at least 80% of them WON'T be Teslas), do you think Elon will alow these Chinese cords to work?

One Tesla owner complaint that "the Poors" were clogging his supercharger station with their foreign made junk and Elon flicks the switch.

It isn't like filling a gas car, the Electric Pump even knows the cars serial number (and Owner) and will determine if the owner is "worthy" of getting filled up.

It is what ESG looks like.

[rlmorel]

LOL...for some reason, reading your post reminded me of “The Great and Powerful Oz” telling the characters near the end of the movie what was in store for them!