What it’s like to own an electric car

Re:What it’s like to own an electric car by tialaramex on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @06:13AM (#20513717)

It's not clear to me from the description, I understand that in the US the wall sockets don't put out a lot of juice, (120 volts at 15 amps = 1.8kW) but is "Level 2" like my household wall sockets (240 volts at 13 amps = 3.1kW) or is it more (e.g. some of my friends installed 240 volts at 30 amps = 7.2kW to cut their charging time in half) ?

[ Also, presumably Americans do have electric ovens right? So your ovens can't be 120 volts at 15 amps, that'd be like a kid's toy, there must be beefier power inside a typical American house already, albeit maybe not near the car? ]

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Re:What it’s like to own an electric car by kcolford on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @07:25AM (#20514040)

Electric ovens generally run on level 2 sockets. They're usually 30 amps but some run as high as 80 for dual chargers and whatnot. You can also find really low ones too, it's all over the place.

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Re:What it’s like to own an electric car by tartuffe78 on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @09:59AM (#20515315)

Many Americans (including myself) have gas ovens.

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