Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Range anxiety is overblown. Electric vehicle owners only use 13 percent of their battery capacity a day, on average. (insideevs.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 2 points 9 months ago (8 children)

I've never owned an EV but have been casually considering what it would entail. Like would I really need level 2 charging at home? I'm sort of thinking not at this point. The commute for me or my wife would be something in the 20 km round trip range. We don't live in a big city. Errands could increase that somewhat. But if let's say the charger could add back even 5 km/hr, which I think is a pretty conservative estimate. That should be plenty to handle our needs with overnight charging on 120V.

As for intercity, well, you'd likely be using some public fast charger right? So that's kind of a moot point as far as what you need at home.

I don't know if I'm missing something though in this analysis? Like I've heard winter driving affects range fairly considerably. And that's unfortunately also the time I'd be more tempted to drive over riding the e-bike everywhere. But even so, I doubt I'd ever exhaust the battery in my home town?

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 9 months ago

I'd advise you to get the type 2 home charger anyway. Even if your expected mileage is very low.

The savings of not getting one aren't worth the hassle of having to charge slowly constantly, and being depended on that slow charge.

A proper charger will enable you to take spontaneous drives more often. It could allow you to take advantage of cheap hourly rates (if that's an option). It removes the dependence on public chargers. It'll be fast enough for two cars if you eventually need that in case one of you gets a new job or you have family visiting etc.

So, sure, you don't neeeeed it, but it's easier in all of those situations that are just a little outside the ordinary and optimized commuting schedule.

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