Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite...
by ciphol on Sunday March 13, 2022 @04:56AM
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Most people don't drive all day long either. They drive half an hour at a time several times a day, going to work or school or the mall and back. The remaining ~22 hours a day are available for charging.
If a country has abundant solar power (probably not Finland!) it would make more sense to wire up workplace parking lots so that EVs could absorb the excess midday electricity.
Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite...
by robertlagrant on Sunday March 13, 2022 @06:53AM
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Sure, but at night the car will probably be in place for, say, 10 hours, every night. Not faffing jumping between places and trying to find a public charging point. Even just driving to work and charging there is say 6 hours of continuous charging. The main block of time will still be at night.
Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite...
by ciphol on Sunday March 13, 2022 @03:10PM
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6 hours charging is more than enough for work/school/shopping. On the rare occasion that you want to drive all day, you can add a night charge to that (before or after the drive as appropriate). Overall, the large majority of charging will (or can) be during the day.
Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite...
by robertlagrant on Sunday March 13, 2022 @03:18PM
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I'm answering the question "why are most charged at night?" There's no point reading what I'm saying in isolation!
Because most people don't drive at night.