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To: Tell It Right

Only true answer, stop making these stations corded. Provide a common plug in and require folks that want to charge there to buy their own charging cords. Yes there are different vehicle plugins so there can be different charging station plugins. It would drive the need for common manufacturing of the cords.


41 posted on 05/17/2024 1:45:43 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: redcatcherb412
Only true answer, stop making these stations corded. Provide a common plug in and require folks that want to charge there to buy their own charging cords.

That's the case for some slow chargers. On trips I bring a plug-in charger that plugs into a NEMA 14-50 outlet (dryer outlet) and I have an adapter to plug it into a TT-30 outlet (travel trailer like at campgrounds). But those charge slow (max 10kW in a 14-50 outlet). This is Level 2 charging like done at home. Which is fine if I'm there overnight. Some weekend rental houses have a NEMA 14-50 outlet outside to charge the EV with (again, bring your own charger with cable).

The Level 3 charging like the roadside chargers go up to 350kW, which is why those charging stops take only 10-15 minutes. And those cables are very, very heavy (too heavy for my wife to easily take in and out of the EV for charging). Also, some of them have cooling systems within the cable.

42 posted on 05/17/2024 2:07:39 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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