I wouldn’t sell you fire insurance.
Had a 1,000A panel installed, she’s good to go! I don’t want to know what this setup would cost. $50k seems like a low estimate for that plus the charger.
Googly-A.I.'s says between $12K and $45K, plus a Heavy Industrial Power Feed. So, if your home is adjacent to an AI Data Center,…
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Well, my city has placed a two year moratorium on accepting any applications for data centers (and we currently have none), so I guess I’m stuck with L2 charging.
At 5 cents per kWh!
Poor you!
Says the guy with 20 L3 charging stations within 50 miles on just one route out of town! Also, it’s seven cents, TYVM.
Yeah, given how little I need L3, I’m not going to complain. Spent $150 last year charging, including limited fast charging.
For our vw id4 we always charge to 100% the night before a road trip. It will only be at 100% for a handful of hours for around 10-15 days a year. I believe it’s only a problem if kept at 100% with no driving for days on end.
https://motorwatt.com/ev-blog/howtos/should-i-charge-my-ev-to-80-or-100
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Yup. When I got my Tesla I went down the rabbit hole worrying. That was 3+ years ago and I’ve forgotten all of the studies, but my takeaway was charge it to 80% if you aren’t road tripping, and try not to go below 20% for days on end.
Going on a road trip? Great, charge it to 100% if you want. The comment about heat is a good one, a hot battery at 100% seems to be worse.
But, for the most part, follow a few simple rules and your battery will live a long life with minimal range degradation. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Which of these does lithium ion fall under?
They’re both lithium ion. You need to find out which type (likely NMC or LFP).
I’m curious, does anyone use an EV without a home charging setup? Realistically I don’t see how an apartment dweller would find an EV to be a viable choice.
It’s not.some of them don’t even have a parking spot.
So, too bad for them.
For me, a truck is useless.
Different markets, different vehicles.
NMC
For two to three months a year we stay in a condo out east where we don’t have charging. We have a set of public level 2 chargers about 6 minutes walk away. For the first couple of years they were free but now they’re charging $0.29 per kWh, which works out to $0.08 a mile. We charge about once a week while there.
D’oh, I thought that LFP was not a lithium ion battery. I need to re-educate myself!
Yes. My point was that you can still take that last minute, unplanned trip of more than 100 miles, you’ll just need to charge en route.
I have a friend with an electric car who parks on the street. I assume he goes to the charging station from time to time, like ICE drivers go to the gas station from time to time. It’s his second electric car. He had a Tesla for a few years. Sometime drove into it, and the cost to repair it was more than it was worth, and he decided to buy a new EV, an Ioniq 6, so it must be working for him.
This is super useful. But how can i tell whether my battery is LFP or something else?
Your manufacturer can tell you. Probably third parties know this from the vin for the cases where some of the same models use different batteries. Most models only have 1 type of battery possible.
Ah, missed the on the way idea behind the last minute.