Re:What Will Happen to All the Dead Electric Car Batteries?
by 908B64B197 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @12:53PM
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I wonder how many households realized they didn't need all that range after all since they have a second ICE car anyways. So the Leaf pretty much stays in a 30 miles radius of the house.
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Re:What Will Happen to All the Dead Electric Car Batteries?
by WorldMaker on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @02:21PM
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From my own anecdotal evidence I think a lot of people absolutely underestimate the impact of home charging (even at "trickle" Level 1 in the US) versus "range anxiety". In the nearly a decade I've had my PHEV, two of my three daily commutes I could and did entirely every day on the range I can Level 1 trickle charge entirely at home overnight.
People massively over-estimate the range they think they need because they don't take things like home charging into account.
Re:What Will Happen to All the Dead Electric Car Batteries?
by theshrike79 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:31AM
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Exactly this.
From a regular European 230V outlet you can get 100km of range every night easily. Even more if you don't work 16 hour days.
The average commute around here is a bit over 50km a day, both ways combined.