EV Charging Infrastructure in America Still Sucks

Re:EV Charging Infrastructure in America Still Sucks by reducesuffering on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @02:46AM (#26952812)

> If you do this, you will have a terrible experience! EVs charge ultra fast when the battery is low. You are supposed to drive them down to say 10%, then charge up to around 50% repeatedly. This takes.. 10 minutes. You drive for 200 miles or so, stop for 10 minutes, repeat.

I'm not sure why you're basing this off the assumption current EV's have 500 miles of range... (10->50% of 500 miles would be those 200 miles you're driving)

With actual EV's being more like 250-300, 10->50% is only 100-120 miles. Which leads me to...

> It's pretty reasonable to take a 10 minute break every 2.5 hours.

That's more like a 10 minute break every 90 minutes, and not very reasonable for trips taking 5-10 hours.

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Re:EV Charging Infrastructure in America Still Sucks by shiftpgdn on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:47AM (#26955751)

75-80mph with the current range availability on Tesla's, E-tron, mach-e, id.4 etc allows you 2-3 hours at speed before requiring a stop to recharge for 20-30 mins on a DC fast charger. It's not unreasonable and probably makes things safer than the guy who thinks you should 1000+ miles a day with only a single stop to refuel.

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