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Re:Japan Now Has More Electric Car Charging Spots Than Gas S... by spacecowboy_lon on Thursday May 05, 2016 @04:35AM (#11634669)
I suspect that the number of homes in Japan with a garage is very small - also ignores the problems that the grid will have if a non trivial number of people come home and all put their car on charge at around the same time

Even worse in the USA where you have 110v in homes rather than 240 V which is common in Europe.

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Re:Japan Now Has More Electric Car Charging Spots Than Gas S... by maxerickson on Thursday May 05, 2016 @07:54AM (#11635282)
The majority of US homes have 240 available, it just isn't used for most outlets. The bigger issue might be the amp rating of older grid connections.
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Re:Japan Now Has More Electric Car Charging Spots Than Gas S... by spacecowboy_lon on Thursday May 05, 2016 @10:50AM (#11636569)
Yep thats what id call a cooker circuit - in the uk with 240 v we can get 415v on that sort of circuit.
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